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L.A.M.A.

SHed all negative points!

L.A.M.A. – a game about avoiding negative points and about shedding cards; motto of the game is the L.A.M.A. motto– shed all negative points! The game comprises 56 cards, which are 8x values 1 to 6 and six Llama cards. Each player is dealt six cards and one card is laid out to begin the discard pile.

As the active player you have three options for your turn. 1. You discard a card, either of the same value as the top card on the discard pile, or a card of a value +1 of that card; a Llama can be placed on another Llama or a of card value Six; on a Llama, you can place another Llama or a card of value One. 2. You draw a card without discarding a card. 3. You pass your turn and leave the current round; to do so, you put your remaining cards in hand face-down on the table.

If someone is out of cards or all players have passed, you score negative points, represented by chips, for each card value – not cards!; e.g. 3 chips for two cards of value 3 -  in your cards remaining in hand and on the table, plus -10 for each Llama in those cards.

If you could discard all cards you may discard a chip that you received in earlier rounds, the value can be 1 or 10. If someone arrives at 40 or more penalty points, you win with fewest penalty points.

Well, the basic mechanism of L.A.M.A. is all but new, but the implementation is very well working and the title acronym from the Llama motto is a cute, clever detail. L.A.M.A. plays quickly and the decision to pass instead of drawing cards introduces tactics into the chance-driven game. Small, elegant, an ideal game for travels or a filler, a typical representative of the Amigo card game range.

Players: 2-6

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Reiner Knizia

Artist: Rey Sommerkamp, Barbara Spelger

Price: ca. 8 Euro

Publisher: Amigo Spiele 2019

Web: www.amigo-spiele.de

Genre: Card shedding

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Witty acronym

Simple rules

Standard core mechanism

Nice details

Compares to:

Card games on card shedding

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0