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Kampf Der Magier box art
2008 Ranked #20,635

Kampf Der Magier

This escalating card game has players play stronger wizards or matching values and finish with the fewest cards. Failing or declining to continue takes the whole battle’s pile, so each challenge weighs shedding cards against a costly pickup.

Family Games Card Game Fantasy Ladder Climbing Hand Management

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

7+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.02

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 3.6/5

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?

In this simple card game most cards represent wizards, and a number shows their degrees of magical powers. Players in their turn play a card with a larger number than the previous card.

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In this simple card game most cards represent wizards, and a number shows their degrees of magical powers. Players in their turn play a card with a larger number than the previous card. They also can play more cards if they have the same value, in that case the sum of the values counts. If a player cannot, or does not want to continue, takes all the cards played and a new "battle" begins. The winner is the player with the fewest cards at the end. Re-implements: Escalation!

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–5
Play time
20 min
Age
7+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

1
Arthur Wagner

Publishers

1
Piatnik