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2000 Ranked #2,835

Ivanhoe

Tournament card game where knights compete in jousts and weapon battles for courtly honor. Action cards can change the contest itself, so every commitment must build a winning challenge while preparing for an opponent's sudden switch.

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Players

2-5

Play time

40-45 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.61/5

Rating

6.53

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 3.6/5

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?

Take on the role of a knight and join the prestigious tournaments at the king's court. Use your cards to win the jousting competitions, and to fight with your sword, axe or morning-star.

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Take on the role of a knight and join the prestigious tournaments at the king's court. Use your cards to win the jousting competitions, and to fight with your sword, axe or morning-star. Rally your squires, gain the support of a maiden, and play action cards against your opponents. Clever use of action cards can change the type of tournament that is in progress. One card will 'unhorse' you, forcing everyone still in the jousting competition to switch to a weapon battle of the action card holder’s choice. Other actions cause you to drop whatever other weapon you are using and resort to hand-to-hand battles in which the player with the most cards- not the highest point total- will win a token. Depending on the number of players in the game, the first player to win four or five different tournaments becomes the overall victor. There is a lot more strategy involved in the game than first meets the eye. Re-implements: Attacke

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
40–45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Reiner Knizia Andy Lewis

Artists

5
Juan Carlos Arenas François Bruel Rodger B. MacGowan Kurt Miller Mark Simonitch

Publishers

3
asmodee GMT Games Maldón