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2013 Ranked #18,320

Moteneba.

This influence-placement game has players assign trait cubes to impress seven girls and become more popular than rivals. Raising a trait’s trend changes everyone’s incentives, while the board persists across deals and turns each placement into a shared calculation.

Abstract Strategy Commodity Speculation Open Drafting

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

15+

Complexity

2.5/5

Rating

6.13

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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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 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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User summary: Moteneba. ('Gotta be popular') is a game in where the players try to impress seven girls, becoming more and more popular.

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User summary: Moteneba. ('Gotta be popular') is a game in where the players try to impress seven girls, becoming more and more popular. Players take turns placing cubes representing sportiness, intelligence, looks, wealth and esprit on various girls. How much effect a certain something has depends on what trends are going, and players can instead decide to elevate the trend of a certain trait, effectively affecting everyone's decision. The game goes on for three deals, in between which the game board never resets. Almost all information is open, but there are random elements on what cubes are drawn.

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
2
Play time
60 min
Age
15+
Complexity
2.5/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Nobutake Dogen Nao Shimamura (??????)

Artists

2
Nao Shimamura (??????) Hinami Tsukuda

Publishers

1
???????? (Taikikennai Games)

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