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Tanto Cuore

Lord of the Manor and his servants

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The mechanism used in Dominion is one of the most innovative game concepts that came up in the last few years, and so it is not surprising that the idea is picked up and varied by other designers.  

Tanto Cuore features Manga style illustration and places us in the role of lords of the manor who hire servants for an optimal service crew. 16 maids are available, 10 are chosen for a game, supplemented by decks for the Head Maids Marianne and Coletto as well as decks representing Bad Habits and Sickness.

Icons replace the descriptions, you immediately recognize whether a card yields new cards or hearts or if you can play an additional service. Hearts replace money in Tanto Cuore and service is the name for actions. So called Private Maids are very expensive, but remain on the table when played there and yield their effects permanently. Other maids can be played onto the table for a single effect and a bonus at the end of the game. The cost/effect relation in Tanto Cuore has clearly shifted to the cost side, 6 cards featuring 6 victory points cost 9 hearts, the 1-point cards cost 3 hearts. Minus cards can be bought and passed to another player and the game also features cards which can be used to destroy maids in a player’s display on. When two maid stacks are empty the game ends and the player with the most victory points in his deck wins.

Despite being clearly a derivate of Dominion, Tanto Cuore is a distinctive independent game with a completely different feeling to it. Linguistic problems make for a difficult entry, but is worth the trouble for specialists, collectors and manga fans.

Spieler         : 2-4

Alter            : ages 13 and up

Dauer           : ca. 45 min

Autor           : Masayuki Kunuo

Grafik          : Team

Vertrieb A.   : Publisher

Preis            : unstated

Verlag          : Arclight 2009

                     www.arclight.co.jp

Genre                    : Card game

Zielgruppe             : With friends

Mechanismen         : buy cards, display cards, use cards

Zufall                     : 3

Wissen                  : 6

Planung                 : 7

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Kommunikation      : 2

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Manga-style

Unusual topic

Similar to Dominion

Non-optimal English rules

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Dominion basic game