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2014 Ranked #22,856

The Great Snowball Battle

Players throw numbered snowballs at rivals in an elimination card game, trying to keep their gear after everyone else is out. Changing locations clears incoming attacks, but temporary events and instant responses can turn a safe position dangerous.

Children's Card Game Children's Game Player Elimination Take That

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.44/5

Rating

5.46

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 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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How it plays

How does it play?

Everyone chooses a kid card (each has a special ability) and three pieces of gear. ?

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Everyone chooses a kid card (each has a special ability) and three pieces of gear. ? ?Separate, shuffle, and stack the locations cards, item cards, and snowball cards and place them in the middle. Everyone draws a location card and an item card, then draws 2 snowball cards. ? You're ready to go! Whoever is at the location with the lowest cover number goes first. On your turn, you throw a snowball at another player, or clear out and draw a new location.? ? Snowballs are numbered 1-8. When the total of the snowballs thrown at a player equal or exceed the location cover number, the player is hit (POW!) and loses a piece of gear. Lose all your gear and you're out of the game. ? ?When you're close to being hit, you'd better clear out. Discard the snowballs thrown at you, the location, and the item, and draw a new location and item. ?The snowball deck also contains Events and Quickshots. The Events change the game rules temporarily. The Quickshots are numbered 1-8, and can be thrown in response to snowballs to hit other players.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–4
Play time
15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Matthew Link Jason Snape

Artists

1
Jason Snape

Publishers

1
Game Salute

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