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2017 Ranked #8,362

Gym

A team competition has players recruit kids and assign them to events to earn the most combined points. Brats can reshape upcoming events or reposition coaches, creating tactical disruption between teammates and rivals.

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Players

2-6

Play time

10-20 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.45/5

Rating

6.21

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Hook: Unique Team “Picking" (just like those gym class days!) with interesting strategy and manipulation during the event playing phase. In GYM, players play on 1 of 2 teams, which can accommodate 2, 4 or 6 players.

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Hook: Unique Team “Picking" (just like those gym class days!) with interesting strategy and manipulation during the event playing phase. In GYM, players play on 1 of 2 teams, which can accommodate 2, 4 or 6 players. There are 2 phases to the game. The "Pick" phase is just like Gym class! Each team member will choose a Kid from the line up to add to his hand. If a "brat" is acquired, a team member is allowed to influence which 4 (of the 6) events will be played in the next phase. In the "Play" phase, each team member will play a Kid to one of the 4 events on his turn. Playing Kids will also allow an "event action", which may manipulate player hands, Kid positions, and more. Playing a "brat" allows a team mate to reposition a Coach, which reduces chaos at an event, but also makes it more difficult to make changes to the roster. In the end, the team with the most cumulative points from the 4 events is the winner! Number 10 in the Pack O Game series.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
10–20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Chris Handy (I)

Artists

2
Chris Handy (I) Vjekoslav Zivkovic

Publishers

2
One Moment Games Perplext

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