Table feel
Moderate interaction with a good balance of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but there is less emphasis on cooperation.
Rich game profile
Pick-a-pepper
Can you prepare the hottest collection of chili sauces in Pick-a-Pepper, which was first released as Sauscharf? Mild, hot or super hot? Depending on the selected level of difficulty, players start with 8-10 cards in hand. A card display is filled with the remaining chili pepper c...
Players
2-4
Time
?-?
Age
10+
Weight
1.83
Rating
6.68
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Moderate interaction with a good balance of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but there is less emphasis on cooperation.
Teach
2.9
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.8
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
2.5
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Pick-a-Pepper has a high replayability score due to its strong variability in the gameboard, availability of expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. It offers a fresh experience each time it is played and allows players to discover new tactics and strategies. The game adapts well to different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the investment.
Luck profile
Pick-a-Pepper has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements such as dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element dominating. Overall, Pick-a-Pepper provides a good balance between luck and player agency.
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Can you prepare the hottest collection of chili sauces in Pick-a-Pepper, which was first released as Sauscharf? Mild, hot or super hot? Depending on the selected level of difficulty, players start with 8-10 cards in hand. A card display is filled with the remaining chili pepper cards, with up to three cards of the same value being placed on top of one another. The game is divided into two phases: In the first phase, players collect chilies, taking cards from the display and placing them on their personal ingredient stack. Whoever plays the highest combination of the same cards is the first to use the display. After all the ingredients have been taken, the card display is refilled and the chili collecting continues. This phase ends when no one has cards in hand. For the second phase, the previously accumulated chilies are taken into hand. In addition, a new display with sauce tasks that can be fulfilled is made available. Now the players can decide each round whether they want to collect more ingredients or use their chili-card combinations to complete a sauce task to receive chili points. The hotter the sauce, the more points you score. Depending on the number of players, the game ends as soon as someone has prepared 3-6 sauces and has no more chili cards. Whoever collects the most chili points wins.
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Designers
2
Wolfgang Kramer
Christian Stöhr
Artists
1
Jan Bintakis
Publishers
1
AMIGO
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