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Professor Pugnacious

Players

2-4

Time

20-45

Age

14+

Weight

2

Rating

5.68

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.8

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 3.8

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.0

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderately interactive game with a good balance of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but there is limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Professor Pugnacious has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions and moderate easiness to learn also contribute to its replay value.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Professor Pugnacious is 6, indicating a balanced mix of luck and strategy. The game outcome is influenced by both random elements and player decisions. While random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable impact on the game, players also have substantial ability to mitigate luck through strategic decisions and planning. Overall, luck plays a significant role, but player strategy is also crucial in determining the game's outcome.

Overview

Professor Pugnacious, full title Professor Pugnacious' Portfolio of Perils, Pugilism, and Perfidy: The Card Game of Victorian Combat is a fast-paced, tactical, deck-building game in which players take on the roles of rival proteges of Professor Pugnacious, building their decks to defeat adversaries and foil each other in a highly thematic game of Steampunk adventurers combating Gothic horrors. Each player has access to only a portion of the pool of cards that can be purchased, which changes each turn and can be affected by played cards. Players attempt to gain enough Fight to defeat Enemies, as well as Failure to cause their rival players to lose their combats, and Skill to acquire more cards and disable traps. The game ends with the defeat of the Finale, a difficult and rewarding opponent.

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Credits

Designers

1
Thomas Eliot (II)

Artists

1
Andrea Renaisse

Publishers

1
Sixpence Games

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