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2017 Ranked #11,313

The Deception Of Antiques: 12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads

Hidden-role deduction game has appraisers identify genuine artifacts and expose counterfeiters while rival factions pursue opposing victories. Three rounds of treasure identification can trigger a final investigation, where identities and disrupted evidence decide the outcome.

Bluffing Deduction Role Playing Simultaneous Action Selection

Players

6-8

Play time

30-60 min

Age

8+

Complexity

2.67/5

Rating

7.68

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

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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???????????The Deception of Antiques:12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads? "The Deception of Antiques:12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads"is a novel based board game.

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???????????The Deception of Antiques:12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads? "The Deception of Antiques:12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads"is a novel based board game. It adapted from famous writer Ma Boyong's novel of the same name. In the game, players will play different characters in the novel,belonging to two opposing camps:The Appraisers and The Counterfeiters. The game will be divided into three rounds of treasure identification and a round of identification. The treasures identified in the game are 12 Chinese Zodiac Bronze Heads,and 4 are selected randomly at each round, of which 2 are genuine and 2 are fakes. Players rely on their own identity skills to identify each round of the head of the beast true and false, so as possible to find the true beast head, handed over to the state. After the identification of three rounds of treasure, if the Appraisers fail to achieve the target score of victory, a round of identification will be carried out. The Appraisers must make sure that the key players don't be found and find out who's behind The Counterfeiters . The Appraisers gain VPs by finding the genuine antiques and find the Counterfeiters while The Counterfeiters disturb them by using abilities. If the Appraisers gain enough VPs, they win. Otherwise, the Counterfeiters win. IMPORTANT:To play this game,you need to download an App !

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Play and group

Players
6–8
Best with
6–8
Play time
30–60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.7/5
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Designers

2
Darren Black Huang Yi Ming

Artists

1
Collin Wang

Publishers

1
Boxed Lightning

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