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2023 Ranked #14,431

Ptolemy

A two-player climbing card game has opponents shed their cards to win two of three rounds. Each round rewards managing the hand more efficiently than the rival.

Card Game Ladder Climbing Theme: Astronomy

Players

2

Play time

10-30 min

Age

14+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

7.06

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A two-player, astronomy-themed climbing game released at Korea Boardgamecon 2023. Also, it was sold later at Tokyo Game Market Spring 2023. The goal is to win two of the three rounds by getting rid of their cards.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Ladder Climbing

Play increasingly strong combinations until opponents cannot or choose not to respond.
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Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

1
Ladder Climbing

Family

1
Theme: Astronomy

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
10–30 min
Age
14+
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Geonil

Artists

1
BIJOU

Publishers

2
(Self-Published) Schemers

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