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Loser

Think twice before you mess with magic, or you might spend the rest of your life as a frog! In the mean and clever card game Loser, there are no winners: You are either safe or the loser. In turn, each player plays a card either face up or face down. Try to keep track of whether...

Players

3-6

Time

15-20

Age

8+

Weight

1.25

Rating

6.08

Should this hit the table?

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Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.8

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 3.5

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus.

Replay value

Loser has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game also provides deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their strategies over time. The player interaction score is average. Loser scales well with different numbers of players and is relatively easy to learn. Overall, it has a good replayability score of 7.6.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Loser is 5.67. The game has a low randomness impact, with random elements having minimal influence on the outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

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Think twice before you mess with magic, or you might spend the rest of your life as a frog! In the mean and clever card game Loser, there are no winners: You are either safe or the loser. In turn, each player plays a card either face up or face down. Try to keep track of whether you've got the card with the highest value and vote accordingly (thumbs up or thumbs down) at the end of each round. Your opponents will try their best to throw you off and ruin your plans, so watch out and don't lose your cool because if you lose twice, no potion will save you! Loser includes 23 special cards with crazy effects that may tip the balance at any point of the game... —description from the publisher

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Designers

2
Bruno Cathala Vincent Dutrait

Artists

1
Alexandra Petruk

Publishers

1
Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd

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