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2017 Ranked #5,377

Karuba: The Card Game

This path-building card game has players connect adventurers to jungle temples and collect valuable treasures. Losing an early comparison costs a card, so selecting path cards also means outguessing opponents.

Family Games Adventure Card Game Pattern Building Simultaneous Action Selection

Players

2-6

Play time

10-15 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

6.34

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?

Guide your adventurers skillfully through the jungle! Each turn in Karuba: Das Kartenspiel, you carefully select two path cards from your hand to try to outwit the other players.

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Guide your adventurers skillfully through the jungle! Each turn in Karuba: Das Kartenspiel, you carefully select two path cards from your hand to try to outwit the other players. Whoever has the lowest sum loses a card, then all players use their cards to create a network of pathways to connect their adventurers with the temples. Who will best guide their adventurers through the jungle? In the end, the player who collects the most points with valuable treasure and temples wins.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
10–15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Rüdiger Dorn

Artists

1
Claus Stephan

Publishers

3
HABA Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.

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