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Mushroom Cats!

Mushroom Cats! is an adorable card game about a mushroom hunt gone awry. Players compete to gather, steal, and magically transmute the most valuable collection of mushrooms they can before the picking is done and a winner is declared. A clowder of cats has descended on your mushr...

Players

2-5

Time

15-30

Age

?+

Weight

1

Rating

7.25

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Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently but there is not a strong emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.1

Scales well

Strategy 4.7

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently but there is not a strong emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

The game has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. It offers a fresh and engaging experience with room for improvement in strategy over time.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Mushroom Cats! is 5.67. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have some ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, but luck still plays a significant role in the game. Overall, Mushroom Cats! relies on a combination of luck and player strategy for its outcome.

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Mushroom Cats! is an adorable card game about a mushroom hunt gone awry. Players compete to gather, steal, and magically transmute the most valuable collection of mushrooms they can before the picking is done and a winner is declared. A clowder of cats has descended on your mushroom foraging trip, causing no end of mayhem. Your goal is simple: harvest the best basket of mushrooms you can find before the day is up, but watch out! These cats are behaving very strangely, and might steal or enchant your mushrooms! Collect the most points to win. The rules of Mushroom Cats! are quite simple, and players familiar with other pick-and-pass type games will have no trouble learning the rules. At the start of each round, players are dealt a hand of cards, then: Simultaneously select and reveal a card Resolve any special action cards that were played Pass their hands to the next player and select a new card, continuing until all cards are played Once a round is complete, players total their score from their played cards to determine a winner. That's it!

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