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Yukon Salon

Welcome to your new career as a stylist at the Yukon Salon! Your clients are grizzly bears and lumberjacks. They need the prettiest hairdos and wildest beards — or the wildest hairdos and prettiest beards — that the great frozen north has ever seen. Yukon Salon is a creative, fas...

Players

2-4

Time

10-15

Age

10+

Weight

1.8

Rating

6.32

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Yukon Salon has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. While there is some level of cooperation required, it is not the main focus of the game. Overall, the game has a good level of player interaction.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.9

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.0

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Yukon Salon has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. While there is some level of cooperation required, it is not the main focus of the game. Overall, the game has a good level of player interaction.

Replay value

Yukon Salon has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, further enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their strategy over time. Player interaction is moderate, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the investment. Overall, Yukon Salon has a strong replayability score of 7.9.

Luck profile

Yukon Salon has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. 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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Welcome to your new career as a stylist at the Yukon Salon! Your clients are grizzly bears and lumberjacks. They need the prettiest hairdos and wildest beards — or the wildest hairdos and prettiest beards — that the great frozen north has ever seen. Yukon Salon is a creative, fast-paced card game for 2-4 players competing to be the best stylist in the Yukon. Match each style in your repertoire to just the right client — Any style can become a hairdo or beard! Roll dice to attempt a style — each combination has its own difficulty and rewards. Earn abilities to help attempt riskier styles on more difficult clients. Sway the clients into choosing your style by making outrageous claims as necessary to keep them from walking out.

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Designers

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David Fooden

Artists

1
Robert Tritthardt

Publishers

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Atlas Games

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