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2002 Ranked #13,934

Tin Soldiers

Partnership trick-taking game has food-themed forces compete for control of a kitchen cabinet. Players use cards and a finger marker to outplay opponents and capture the most valuable tricks.

Family Games Card Game Trick-taking Hand Management Theme: Food / Cooking

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.63/5

Rating

5.83

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 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?

From Game: "Food Fight! It's chaos in the kitchen and the cans of food are 'revolting'.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Trick-taking

Play one card each and award the trick according to suit and rank rules.
Team-Based Game

Players compete in fixed teams and coordinate toward a shared team result.
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From Game: "Food Fight! It's chaos in the kitchen and the cans of food are 'revolting'. Spoiled little peas think nothing of creaming the corn and stewed tomatoes relish in dent-n-run tactics. Pull out the big guns with the Catsup Cannon! Chop, peel and squash your way to victory in this hilarious game of King of the Kabinet." Game comes with 55 cards & 1 metal finger of fate in a nice tin container. A clever trick taking game from Al Newman that many have played as his prototype 'Toy Soldiers'. This is a great partnership game.

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Type

1
Family Games

Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

3
Hand Management Team-Based Game Trick-taking

Family

1
Theme: Food / Cooking

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Al Newman

Publishers

1
R&R Games

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