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Pentaurus: Duel

Pentaurus: Duel is a card game where two players take turns, opponents compete for colonizing planets, building spaceships and conquer satelites. They have to put cards face up to build their planetary colonies, get spaceships from the market, use action cards from their hand to...

Players

1-2

Time

30-45

Age

8+

Weight

2

Rating

6.89

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Pentaurus: Duel has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.4

Scales well

Strategy 4.6

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Pentaurus: Duel has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to each other's strategies. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

Pentaurus: Duel has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. The game offers fresh experiences each time it is played and allows players to improve their strategies over time. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, further enhancing replay value. The game adapts well to different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers a good balance between ease of learning and depth of gameplay.

Luck profile

Pentaurus: Duel has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, 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.

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Pentaurus: Duel is a card game where two players take turns, opponents compete for colonizing planets, building spaceships and conquer satelites. They have to put cards face up to build their planetary colonies, get spaceships from the market, use action cards from their hand to fight and use their habilities from their races cards. The sequence of the turn is: Make the discards, draw cards, play planets and satelites, Spaceship market, play action, facilities and character cards, and launch attacks against enemy planets. The player who reaches 12 units of pentanium wins the game. This pentanium parts are given for the played cards, planets conquered and satelites owned.

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Designers

2
Javier Fuentes Rafael Oliva

Artists

1
DanielRGB

Publishers

1
Amphora Games

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