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2005 Ranked #21,307

Banzai!

A reflex-driven card game has players exchange cards and form combinations to move pawns, aiming to remain in contention for the final title. A Banzai call sends everyone reaching for too few pawns, eliminating anyone left without one.

Action / Dexterity Card Game Area Movement Commodity Speculation

Players

3-12

Play time

Not listed

Age

7+

Complexity

1.14/5

Rating

5.60

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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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 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Banzai! Le jeu qui rend Fu...

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Banzai! Le jeu qui rend Fu... 12 families battle for title Banzai Master. They will need strategy and also very quick reflexes in order to be successful.. The game consists of a number of turns in which one player and his family is eliminated from the game. Only the quickest player should be the Banzai Master. During one turn, players change cards simultaneously, but not chaotically. By using particular combinations of cards, they can make announcements, which have effect on the position of the pawns in the game. The number of pawns is smaller than number of players and when any player announce Banzai!, everyone reaches for his pawn. Those who have no pawn, are eliminated for this game. Advanced rules come with more announcements.

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Play and group

Players
3–12
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
7+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Tom Berjoan

Artists

1
Franck Drevon

Publishers

1
Black Book Éditions

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