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2015 Ranked #18,693

Backstab Card Game

This macabre encounter card game has players defeat traps and characters, collect coins, and attack rivals to steal their progress. Reaching twenty-five cents wins, so every successful encounter also invites a backstab.

Adventure Card Game Campaign / Battle Card Driven Take That

Players

2-4

Play time

20-60 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

6.79

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Backstab: A Macabre Card Game, players battle the demented, disgusting and deranged from macabre characters to diabolical traps! Using action cards, players try to beat each encounter they face.

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In Backstab: A Macabre Card Game, players battle the demented, disgusting and deranged from macabre characters to diabolical traps! Using action cards, players try to beat each encounter they face. If successful, they get a coin; if not, they lose a card. Players may also confiscate coins from their opponents by attacking them with backstab moves. The first player to rack up 25 cents wins!

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
20–60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Dave Stawar

Artists

2
Jody Boginski-Barbessi Dave Stawar

Publishers

1
U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

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