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2004 Ranked #1,245

Fairy Tale

Card-drafting game where players build a fairy-tale tableau while disrupting rivals' scoring plans. Simultaneous choices create uncertainty, as every card you pass can become the key piece another player needs.

Family Games Card Game Fantasy Closed Drafting Set Collection

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.77/5

Rating

6.71

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

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 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players use card drafting and simultaneous action selection to score points while interfering with other players' ability to do so. The game consists of four rounds.

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Players use card drafting and simultaneous action selection to score points while interfering with other players' ability to do so. The game consists of four rounds. In each of them, players are dealt five cards. They simultaneously select one each and pass the remainder, repeating until done. Then, they start playing cards simultaneously, playing three and discarding two. When the cards are revealed after each selection, card abilities turn other cards face-up or face-down. At the end of the four rounds there are 12 cards in front of each player. The players each score based on their face-up cards.

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Satoshi Nakamura

Artists

3
Mariano Iannelli Yoko Nachigami Satoshi Nakamura

Publishers

2
Yuhodo, Inc. Z-Man Games

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