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The Game Face to Face

Duel in stacks

Face to Face is the two-player version of The Game, as again you want to shed cards correctly into ascending or descending stacks.

You hold sixty cards of one color, be it silver or gold, and display the two row cards for ascending and descending. The remaining 58 number cards are shuffled and stacked face-down. You draw six cards from your stack for your starting hand.

Then both players alternate turns. A turn of the active player comprises two steps: Place any number of cards, but minimum two cards, from your hand and then draw cards from your draw pile. You can place all cards on any or both of your stacks in any order, or one and only one with your opponent and the rest on your stacks.

If you place cards on your own stacks, the rules of The Game apply:

You place cards in ascending or descending order according to the row card, gaps are allowed. If you place a card that is exactly higher by 10 than the previously placed card in descending or lower by 10 in an ascending row, you can so to say go backwards in your stack. If you place only on your stacks, you draw two cards. A card placed on an opposing stack must improve this stack, so you must place lower on the ascending stack or higher on the descending stack. Then you refill your hand to six cards. If you cannot place minimum two cards in your turn, you have lost; if you are out of cards, you win!

Face to Face is even more sophisticated than The Game; placing a card with your opponent is good, having to help him is not so good, so you need to be careful about when to use this option. A highly recommendable game for two players.

Players: 2

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe

Artist: Oliver Freudenreich

Price: ca. 9 Euro

Publisher: nsv 2017

Web: www.nsv.de

Genre: Card shedding

Users: For families

Special: 2 players

Version: de

Rules: de fr it nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Dilemma when to add to the opponent’s stack

Even more sophisticated than The Game

Very good game for two players

Compares to:

The Game

Other editions:

dV Giochi (it), Oya (fr), White Goblin Games (nl)

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0