Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Bruti is a card game that reproduces arm to arm fights in a medieval fantasy setting, designed by Gipi. It plays 2, 3 or 4 players, in team or free for all.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Bruti is a card game that reproduces arm to arm fights in a medieval fantasy setting, designed by Gipi. It plays 2, 3 or 4 players, in team or free for all. It's easy to learn, fast paced, fun, and as the title suggests, brutal. Each player is represented by a bloodthirsty Brute. These characters, like any warrior worth his name, can be equipped with different kinds of weapon, shields, armours and special objects that can be used during the fight. The choice of the equipment and the Brute unique special power determine how many cards the player can bring to the fight. The cards let you attack the player or perform special actions. The objective of the game is to defeat your opponent's Brute. A succesfully landed attack (not prevented with special cards, armours or shields) forces the target to discard cards from his hand, If the target has no more cards to discard he must draw a card from the damage deck. A damage card is often a bad thing (a wound a mutilation, or even a sudden death) but can give bonuses (like going berserk) as well. Contents of the box: 116 Combat cards 20 Characters cards 7 Special characters cards 44 Gruesome Damage cards 42 Special Objects cards 24 Equipment minicards 16 Mystical Invocations minicards 12 Condition minicards 6 Movement minicards 20 Mocking Gods cards 16 "Ears" minicards 24 Special Abilities minicards 1 Boardgame 1 Game Rules