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2012 Ranked #5,451

Say Bye To The Villains

A cooperative card game has players share limited information, train, and prepare attacks to defeat a villain. Hidden details cannot be freely discussed, so the group must infer the threat before committing its strength.

Thematic Games Card Game Hand Management Cooperative Game Series: Big in Japan (AEG)

Players

3-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

2.17/5

Rating

6.33

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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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 3.6/5

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?

Say Bye to the Villains – a.k.a., ?? ("Punishment") in Japanese – is a cooperative card game in which players share information in limited ways to collectively defeat a villain who has harmed people in some manner.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Cooperative Game

Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
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Say Bye to the Villains – a.k.a., ?? ("Punishment") in Japanese – is a cooperative card game in which players share information in limited ways to collectively defeat a villain who has harmed people in some manner. Players can discard certain cards to learn hidden information about the villain, go through special training to increase their attack abilities, and take special actions from other cards in the game.

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Type

1
Thematic Games

Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

2
Hand Management Cooperative Game

Family

4
Country: Japan Series: Big in Japan (AEG) Series: Pocket Game (AEG) Theme: Ninjas

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–8
Best with
3–6
Play time
45 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Seiji Kanai

Artists

1
Noboru Sugiura

Publishers

5
Alderac Entertainment Group Galápagos Jogos Japon Brand Kanai Factory Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.

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