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2021 Ranked #17,488

Blaze

A shedding card game where players work with the second-next player to get rid of cards and earn feathers. The unusual partnership shifts every turn, creating changing alliances as players pursue their own result.

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Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

5.81

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 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Blaze, players try to get rid of their cards, but have to achieve this in an extremely clever and very unusual way. The player whose turn it is plays together with the second next player, which leads to constantly changing alliances.

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In Blaze, players try to get rid of their cards, but have to achieve this in an extremely clever and very unusual way. The player whose turn it is plays together with the second next player, which leads to constantly changing alliances. In the end, the player who collects the most feathers wins. Blaze is designed for at least three players and based on the classic Russian public domain game Durak. To stay true to the game's origins, Russian artist Nadezhda Mikryukova has illustrated the legendary firebirds and the decorative card frames of Blaze in a classic illustration style.

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Artists

1
Nadezhda Mikryukova

Publishers

2
HeidelBÄR Games Studio Supernova

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