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2003 Ranked #21,516

Torches & Pitchforks

A monster-fighting card game has players arm townsfolk, defeat creatures, and protect their mob from rivals stealing glory. Defeated monsters award points, and the first player to reach thirty wins the struggle.

Card Game Fighting Hand Management Dice Rolling

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.63/5

Rating

5.53

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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(from the box) Torches & Pitchforks is the exciting card game of monster movie mayhem! Your townsfolk have suffered attacks for years but they're not going to take it anymore.

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(from the box) Torches & Pitchforks is the exciting card game of monster movie mayhem! Your townsfolk have suffered attacks for years but they're not going to take it anymore. Those creepy monsters have haunted the Moors long enough and now it's time for you and your Mob to do something about it! Arm your townsfolk, fight off the monsters, and don't let those other mobs steal any of your glory. Torches & Pitchforks is the card game that's easy to learn and fun to play. Fight the monster menace today! (my take) A cute "Defend your town" game where you fight monsters and attempt to score 30 points (points are awarded based on the defeated monster's power). Nice time-filler as games a relatively quick. It has a feel similar to "Munchkin", "Groo" and others, but is definitely in a class by itself. Yet another evolution of the "Take That!" card game, but that's not a bad thing.

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.6/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Adam Conus Luke Matthews

Artists

2
Ramsey Hong Rich Werner

Publishers

2
Green Ronin Publishing Truant Spiele

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