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1973 Ranked #10,021

Bluff

A hidden-prediction card game has players secretly back one agent pawn to reach the Buddha first. Played cards drive the pawns, so advancing a favored agent without revealing your choice is the central gamble.

Card Game Dice Open Drafting Dice Rolling

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.54

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 3.6/5

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?

Content: 1 board, 5 pawns, 1 Buddha, 1 block, 60 playing cards The idea of the game: To reach the buddha with one pawn, and if this pawn is the secret favorite of one player, the game is over. In the left upper corner the 5 pawns of the agents were located.

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Content: 1 board, 5 pawns, 1 Buddha, 1 block, 60 playing cards The idea of the game: To reach the buddha with one pawn, and if this pawn is the secret favorite of one player, the game is over. In the left upper corner the 5 pawns of the agents were located. At the field with the star the buddha is placed. Each player gets around 15 cards. The players write down secretly which of the pawns will reach the buddha. The motor of the game are the palyed cards.

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Category

2

Mechanism

2

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All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Complexity
1.0/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Henri Sala

Publishers

1
Schmidt Spiele

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