At The Game (Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag) we actually do it only with a simple and simple card game. Actually we just need to share up to 4 cards and accommodate descending stacks. Actually. Only.
From relaxation
At the beginning makes The Game actually still a very tame impression. Total 4 cards are already out, and wait for our actions. On the being laid ones we want to lay higher cards hundreds accept anything less. And so we play, when we get on train, at least two of our hole cards to stack our discretion. So we set about first a 4 on the stack with the 1 and then a 97 on the 100. And because it just fits so well, equal to the 95 still behind. If it then just fits.
about incipient uncertainty
It is here that usually ends the deep relaxed feeling. Because our common goal is possible, all 98 cards (from 2 to 99) to accommodate the stacks. At halfway matching cards no problem. But what to do if I already hold only numbers 34-72 on hand at the beginning? Then an unpleasant jump is inevitable and 1 stack is fast approaching the end of its capacity. Double uncomfortable it is, if we opt for a stack to our players so would penetrate required. Because communication with The Game is limited to the bare minimum. Statements like, I have a 5 and a 6 are absolutely taboo. At most, hints that this stack should be left alone but please, are allowed.
up to sheer panic.
A game The Game ends when the deck has been played or a player can not place any more cards. Everything now is still in the hands of the players or the Talon is considered a drawback. And that's usually a lot more than it gives the impression at the beginning.
But even the meanest gameplay offers us players at least a small straw. Here he comes in the form of so-called reverse-tricks. Because as soon as we can put a card with the difference 10 to a stack, this may also be placed against the allowable sequence of numbers. On a really rising pile about so we can jump around from 35 back to 25. This at least provides a short break before it in Folgezug mostly comes twice as thick.
Conclusion
The Game is a game that is very easy to start and then more difficult with almost every action. The rules and gameplay are quickly understood. But what needs to be done then during the game, which represents the true challenge. Always one should think and be on the lookout, which are decisions to be made rarely easy. There are no breaks here, even in the trains of the other players the action should be observed. The Game this builds on an incredibly dense feel and a consistently high voltage.
Something unfortunate I find only the presentation that comes along very bleak. I personally like that, many potential customers can such a game but probably fast times on the shelf without even worthy of a second look.
But precisely this second view has earned The Game. And a third, fourth and fifth also still the same. For what Steffen Benndorf delivers here really has everything I expect from a game.
