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Die Tribute von Panem

WHo will be a tribute?

You are an inmate of District 12 and fight for survival while trying to pay tributes to the capital. When you cannot pay or do not want to, you put one of your cards into the lottery pot. At the start of the game each player puts one card into the lottery spot, that is, the glass ball square. Then each player is dealt three of the starting survival cards and the board is supplied with survival cards according to the starting condition. Then you play 12 rounds. At the start of a round the round marker is advanced and the current starting player implements the start-of-round actions, specific for each round, mostly placing new cards. At the end of rounds 4, 7, 10 und in the final phase of the game the starting player also collects the tributes to the Capital. After the start-of-round actions you must relocate your marker to another location and implement the action of the new location, which are usually changes in your card supply or location of your marker. Thus you collect the survival card that you need for paying tribute. After the final round with a last paying of tributes to the Capital a card is drawn from the pot - its owner is one of the Tributes of District 12 for the coming Hunger Games and loses the game, the winner is whoever among the remaining players owns most points on his cards.

As regards to flair and authenticity compared to film and book, the game is great; from player's point of view the big chance factor is rather frustrating, especially for the player who is drawn to lose, because there are only limited tactical possibilities for collecting the cards you need.

Players: 2-4

Age: 10+

Time: 60+

Designer: Andrew Parks, Christopher Guild, Bryan Kinsella

Artist: Chris Raimo, Christopher Guild

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2013

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Set collecting game

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

The atmosphere and feeling of book and film are nicely transported

Very big chance factor

Not a lot of challenge as regards to mechanism

Compares to:

Other acquisition games with discarding sets according to demands

Other editions:

Wizkids, USA

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise):2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 2

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0