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2018 · 1-8 players · 45min · weight 1.41 · 1,193 ratings
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Rating
5.77
Users rated
1,193
Owned
2,468
Wishing
239
At a glance
What playing it feels like, broken down.
Core loop
Play one gladiator card per trick; match last card's rank to change trump mid-trick; collect positive favor cards, avoid negative.
What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
2
Narrative
0
Challenge
3
Fellowship
1
Discovery
1
Expression
1
Submission
2
How it works (4 mechanics)
- [3]_other:dynamic_trump_change— “trump suit can change mid-trick; match the rank of the last gladiator played, and the trump suit changes immediately”
- [2]hand_management_under_draw— “Players are dealt a hand of ten gladiator cards and must contribute one gladiator to each bout”
- [1]_other:trick_avoidance— “Players compete to collect gladiators with positive crowd favor and avoid those with negative favor”
- [2]attrition_clock— “The first player to earn 3 crowd support has won the support of the masses”
Under-the-radar score: 0.14
Sources (1)
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LLM memory0.10
BGG tags
Mechanisms (3)
Categories (2)
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