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Sherwood Showdown

Players

2

Time

?-?

Age

8+

Weight

1.57

Rating

6.35

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.8

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 3.5

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Sherwood Showdown has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to others' strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation as players primarily compete against each other.

Replay value

Sherwood Showdown offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds additional content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game also provides deep strategic possibilities, allowing players to improve their tactics and strategies over time. The player interaction score is average, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the easiness to learn score is moderate. Overall, Sherwood Showdown has a strong replayability score of 7.6.

Luck profile

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

Overview

Robin Hood has some competition in Sherwood forest. His long-lost twin brother Reuben and a band of outlaws have begun encroaching on Robin's hood, and the tensions are rising. Can your band of Merry Men rob more rich to feed more poor? In Sherwood Showdown, 2 players duel, each using their own identical deck of cards, vying to win the most gold by robbing passing travellers. Players must manage their hands carefully, saving their powerful cards for just the right moment and setting careful traps for their opponent in order to win the most valuable travellers over the course of the game. The game consists of 104 cards, divided into 3 decks. Each deck has a different, seasonal, background. The 2 otherwise identical player decks contain outlaw, leader, special outlaw, weapon, and ransom cards, and valuable Traveller cards make up the third. The game is illustrated by Heather Young. The original version of Sherwood Showdown was created for the Traditional Card Game contest, using a deck of tarot playing cards. The rules and files for this version will remain available here, but please note that game play is significantly different between the printed and tarot versions.

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Credits

Designers

1
Roberta Taylor

Artists

1
Heather Young

Publishers

2
(Web published) Whimsy Games

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