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2014 Ranked #8,281

Familiar's Trouble

A cooperative trick-taking game has owl familiars win order cards with high-value combined suits. The team follows suit across nine rounds, seeking enough points to satisfy their demanding witch.

Animals Fantasy Open Drafting Trick-taking

Players

?-?

Play time

15-30 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1.67/5

Rating

6.60

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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[STORY] "Is this all? Are you kidding me?" The most famous witch "Minuit" call and remind you to bring resources.

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[STORY] "Is this all? Are you kidding me?" The most famous witch "Minuit" call and remind you to bring resources. You are wise owl that were called "Philosopher of Forest" once , but now you are familiar of witch "Minuit". Day after day, you must go out in the blanket of night. Now,let's begin tales of Familiar's trouble in tonight. Can you escape from her PUNISHMENT? [GAME CONTENT] Otsukai Fukurou no Kuroubanashi ("Familiar's Trouble") is Co-operative game for 3 players. It similar to trick taking game.~Goal of the game~ The goal of your team is taking high-score that getting "Otsukai card" ("Otsukai" means "Order") In play, 5 Otsukai cards are revealed. You will try to get cards more victory points. At first, you try to get 25 points. ~How to get Otukai card~ 3 players play card in order according to the rules. (rule description is later) These sum of the numbers in same suit. For example, sum of blue6, blue3, and red 4 are blue9,red4. You can get all of lower card than sum number. In this way players play 9 rounds and sum VP. The 1 and 2 card are special cards. ~Rules of card play~ One of 3players is called "lead-player". He play at first, and follow player must play same suit of his played. If you don't have same suit, you can play any suit. This is called "must follow" in trick taking game. [Supplement] Order means "Otsukai" in JP. Owl means "Fukurou" in JP. Trouble means "Kurou" in JP. Fu-kurou means "don't have kurou(trouble). But he always has trouble. JP title has rhyme and pun.

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Play and group

Players
3–2
Best with
2
Play time
15–30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.7/5
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Designers

1
Fukutarou

Artists

2
Klemens Franz MATSUDA98

Publishers

1
??? (Fukuroudou)

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