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Heroes versus charon

Greek heroes catch mythical Creatures in amphoras to sacrifice them to the gods,

 pursued by Charon. 55 Amphora cards comprise 40 Creature cards, four each for numbers 1 to 10, and 15 Charon cards. In relation to player numbers, you take Creature and Charon cards out, shuffle the rest and deal five cards to each player, the rest is draw pile.

The active players offers a face-down Amphora card to a player of his choice – for a creature, you must name the true value, for a Charon card you may and should lie. The player receiving the offer can accept, reveal the card and set it down openly, or refuse the offer and give the card back – in this case the offering player must display the card himself – or the receiving player can add a second card, naming on the value of the new card, and offer both cards to another player. If you already had an offer in a round, you cannot get another one. If you are offered three cards, you must either accept and display the cards or hand them back to the offering player, you cannot add a fourth card!  

If someone displays one, two or three cards, the round ends. For a new round, all refill their hand to five cards. If you have accrued the necessary points to win – in relation to player numbers, with the creatures you collected, you win the game. Sets of cards 1, 2 and 3 earn 10 bonus points per set. If you must display your 3rd Charon card, you are out of the game, even if at that moment you should have enough creature points to win.

An enticing game, both visually and as to mechanisms, quick and full of bluff, and attractive due to the truth for creature cards and the damage limitation to three cards.

Players: 3-6

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Takaaki Sayama, Toshiki Arao

Artist: Miguel Coimbra

Price: ca. 16 Euro

Publisher: Iello / Hutter Trade 2018

Web: www.iello.com

Genre: Cards, bluff

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en fr

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very nice design

Simple rules

Lots of bluff

Abstract despite topic

(c) image kalchio BGG

Compares to:

Games with secret card offers

Other editions:

Iello (en fr)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0