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2018 Ranked #11,292

El Mortal

Take-that card game has players use tricks to avoid collecting death cards and finish with the fewest deaths. Each choice can burden an opponent or protect yourself, making the accumulation of fatal cards the central danger.

Card Game Humor Take That

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

6.30

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 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

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Card game in which you should avoid death. A fun, fast and original game!

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Card game in which you should avoid death. A fun, fast and original game! We prepare the deck of cards in such a way that there are "death" cards. A player must avoid accumulating deaths throughout the game using tricks and strategies to the opposing player. The player who accumulates fewer deaths wins.

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2

Mechanism

1

Family

1

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Víctor Manuel Hernández Román

Artists

1
Jonathan Cañamero

Publishers

2
ATOMO GAMES Black Box Work

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