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The Tea Dragon Society Card Game

#5254BGG ↗

2018 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 1.46 · 1,417 ratings

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Rating
5.76
Users rated
1,417
Owned
4,171
Wishing
579

At a glance

What playing it feels like, broken down.

Core loop

Draw a card triggering effects or buy a card to improve deck or score; repeat over four seasons until winter ends.

What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
2
Narrative
2
Challenge
1
Fellowship
1
Discovery
2
Expression
1
Submission
2
How it works (4 mechanics)
  • [3]engine_growth— “players choose to draw triggering effects and strengthening position, or buy a card improving deck
  • [2]push_your_luck_escalation— “Push Your Luck listed as BGG mechanism; draw triggers effects that build or risk
  • [2]arc_three_acts— “game takes place over four seasons, starting in spring and ending in winter
  • [2]card_combo_chaining— “draw a card triggering effects and strengthening their position
Under-the-radar score: 1.16

Archetype fits

How well this game shape maps to mobile archetype templates. Composite is a weighted sum of the 10 fit dimensions.

ArchetypeCompositeLTFSessionComboArcShare5inOnboard
Cozy
Tonal-cozy tier fires: no Hard/Open/Coop trigger, BGG Open Drafting + Deck Building, cozy-shape primitives, Katie O'Neill watercolor pastel art and gentle four-seasons arc — engine_growth here is mild rather than anti-cozy escalation.
6.009.0856478
Balatro
engine_growth + push_your_luck_escalation + arc_three_acts (four seasons) hint at a roguelite shape but combo_scaling_depth is gentle, not multiplicative; solo decision density is mid.
5.407.0656377
Coop
No shared fail-state, no info-asymmetry communication constraint — bluff_info_asymmetry bottoms out; combo_scaling_depth between players is absent.
4.707.0635366
Snap
No factional/location structure, no hidden-card reveal; cozy tone fights Snap's adversarial PvP shape.
4.506.0544365
Wordle
10-min loop is far longer than a 60-90s daily; no clean emoji-grid output, though four-seasons arc is daily-friendly in spirit.
4.307.0435365

Sources (2)

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Wikipedia0.70LLM memory0.10

BGG tags

Categories (4)
AnimalsCard GameComic Book / StripNovel-based