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2017 Ranked #11,298

Backpacks & Blisters (second Edition)

Route-planning game sends ramblers from Keswick across the Lakeland landscape and back before the day ends. Money buys helpful travel or refreshments, but burdens and shrinking hands make the walk progressively harder.

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Players

1-6

Play time

20-60 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.53

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The Lakeland walking game for the armchair rambler. Starting in the morning, each rambler sets off from the market town of Keswick with a pound in their pocket and four cards in their hand.

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The Lakeland walking game for the armchair rambler. Starting in the morning, each rambler sets off from the market town of Keswick with a pound in their pocket and four cards in their hand. Money can be used to buy chocolate or refreshments, bus rides or ferry trips. However the real work of the day is on foot, uphill and down dale. Blisters and the heavy rucksack can hinder walking and at lunch and then tea-time, the number of cards in hand is reduced. All ramblers need to be back in Keswick before six pm … if not, call mountain rescue! The game offers Equipment Cards to the game-play compared to the original 1993 game. Also it now includes a thick and full-colour gameboard, although a cloth map is offered as an extra Kickstarter reward.

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Play and group

Players
1–6
Best with
1–6
Play time
20–60 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.0/5
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Credits

Designers

3
Gary Dicken Steve Kendall Phil Kendall

Artists

1
Marco Primo

Publishers

1
Ragnar Brothers

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