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Your Friend Is Sad

Players

1-4

Time

15-30

Age

14+

Weight

1

Rating

6.02

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.8

High replayability

Interaction 1.8

Low interaction

Scaling 3.5

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 4.0

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate interaction with some strategic depth and frequent attention required to other players' actions. Limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

The game offers a high degree of variability with a diverse gameboard and multiple paths to victory. The expansions available add new content and enhance gameplay. There is deep strategic depth, allowing players to continually improve their strategies. The game scales well with different numbers of players and the player interaction score is good. It is moderately easy to learn, striking a balance between accessibility and depth. Overall, the game has a strong replayability score, making it enjoyable to play multiple times.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Your Friend is Sad is 8 out of 10. This indicates that the game has minimal randomness impact, with random elements having a minimal influence on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

A Colourful game collaboration between Jason Anarchy Games and Shen Comix. Your Friend is Sad is a hand management and card matching game where you are trying to cheer up a sad friend. Draw cards from the Brain Deck to collect and match "Feelings" and "Brain Goops" to the icons on any "Active Fun Cards" currently on the board for "Cheer Points" At the end of your turn can also trade in an unwanted Feelings cards to draw a Life Card from the Life Deck, which may or may not be beneficial. First to get 11 Cheer Up Points has succesfully cheered up their friend and gets to flip the sad token to happy and is the winner.

Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

3
Hand Management Matching Solo / Solitaire Game

Family

1
Theme: Psychology

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Credits

Designers

1
Jason Anarchy

Artists

2
Aaron Lenk Shen

Publishers

1
Jason Anarchy Games

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