Papillons

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.4

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.2

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct confrontation and strategic depth.

Replay value

Papillons has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. The game offers fresh experiences each time it is played and allows players to improve their strategy over time. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, further enhancing the replay value. The game adapts well to different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the effort.

Luck profile

Papillons has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While there is some room for players to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions, luck still plays a significant role. The game relies on a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element dominating the outcome.

Overview

Papillons is a card game in which each player has a secret objective: to align four butterflies of a given colour or of a given type. Players take turns to place a card in the table trying to obtain their secret four-butterflies alignment or to move an already placed card to another place. They also have two tokens which can be used only once; one token removes an already placed card from the game and the other one fixes an already placed card so it cannnot be moved never more during the game. There are versions for 2, 3 and 4 players, and a partnership one for 4 players playing in pairs. The illustrations and graphic designs are by Gérald Guerlais. Papillons is the number 20 in the series "Jeux de poche" by Cocktail Games.

Mechanism

2

Pattern Recognition Tile Placement

Family

1

Animals: Butterflies

Type

1

Abstract

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Credits

Designers

1

Oriol Comas i Coma

Artists

1

Gérald Guerlais

Publishers

4

Cocktail Games Hutter Trade GmbH + Co KG Kod Kod Lemada Light Industries

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Dragons

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