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2022 Ranked #5,109

Puzzle Strike 2

This deck-building gem game has players manipulate colored gems, build power, and overwhelm opponents without falling to corruption. Powerful moves can send gems away, but holding too many or the scepter can become disastrous.

Card Game Fantasy Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Variable Player Powers

Players

1-4

Play time

20-60 min

Age

13+

Complexity

2.73/5

Rating

7.80

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

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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How it plays

How does it play?

The cast of Fantasy Strike has acquired magical gems which give power, but at what price? Those who hold too many gems are cursed forever.

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The cast of Fantasy Strike has acquired magical gems which give power, but at what price? Those who hold too many gems are cursed forever. What’s worse, the ultimate gem to rule them all has been forged into a single, mighty scepter. Whoever holds it wields even more power at an even greater price. In Puzzle Strike 2, players build their deck as they play, giving them the tools to arrange and manipulate their set of colored gems. These gems can be “crashed” (destroyed) in order to build up power for four different super moves as well as to flood other players with more gems. As this process unfolds, gems will fly back and forth between players as they desperately try to remain under the threshold of corruption. Holding the scepter “helps,” but can also doom the greedy. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20–60 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.7/5
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Credits

Designers

1
David Sirlin

Publishers

1
Sirlin Games

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