"THE THING" as a card game - Deduction Terrific fun for 4-12 players

Game content - What can I get for my money?
- 108 high-quality looking cards
- Instructions
- Box

For almost 20 EIA not cheap, but the gameplay rewarded a longer adequate.

STORY - What goes?
Similar to Carpenters horror film "The Thing from Another World" is about a group of researchers in their work encounters a strange creature and gets infected it, that is the thing penetrates into these researchers, killing him and "assumes" so his body. It attempts to infect all other members of the expedition, they try again to find out who among them is the thing, and then kill it with the flamethrower.

GAMEPLAY - How to play?
In order not to become too long the review, I am trying me here at the shortest possible description of the gameplay.
Each player is dealt four cards to start. One of the players has the DAS DING card is so that monster that tried to infect the others. The cards remain of course all covered, so each player knows only his own cards. Then start the game, is played first in a clockwise direction, there are three phases in this case.

PHASE 1
At the beginning of his turn, a player draws a card from the first located in the center stack.

PHASE 2
Now he has the opportunity to play an action card or store a card, so each player has always four cards in his hand. Possible action cards are about that one may swap places with another player, that you may look at one or even all the cards of a player, or even the use of the flamethrower to kill somebody from which one thinks he is THE THING.

PHASE 3
Now he exchanged with the player who is next for the chop, yet a (hidden) card. That means I as an active player that is in Phase 3 give a map to the seated to my left player and he gives me this one, but the others do not see what cards we exchanged. In the deck, there are so-called "INFECTED" cards - so if you pull one, that does not mean that you are infected, you can take in PHASE 2 again and everything is good as a normal survivor easy. INFECTED cards to other players DISTRIBUTE must but only the thing. Do I get a so INFECTED card from another player in the course of the card exchange, I am from now on one of the infected persons and must try DING everyone help in his goal to infect, however.

SEXY - What does "Stay away!" so special?
After a few rounds start wild speculation, who could be the DING well, it may form even small groups and after a few more rounds, there are often even wild accusations and supplication to other players, they may nevertheless please once they have a flamethrower Players XY barbecue because he / she is the thing determined. Through various maps seats can be exchanged, changed the turn order, are cards inspected or replaced, you can contact or other players in quarantine, behind doors enclose prevent doors and Quarantäe hit by ax, use the flamethrower and with attacks the card exchanges protect flamethrowers and, and, and ... Playful options so there is some, but the special thing about Stay away is the psychological component of how people behave, how they interact, how to never be sure who is lying and just who is honest. You never know who you can really trust - or is it? When the game cleverly observed, studied carefully the Faces and reactions of the other players at the card exchange and by adding a further 1 + 1 sent, one might succeed, the evil game that plays THE THING to understand, and to thwart his plans.

CONCLUSION:
, Easy to pick up a really great game with a magnificent game idea, beautifully made card, but hard to master. The game created with the correct group for all players an incomparable feeling of tension and the ambition to win is awakened directly. For me one of the best and most intelligent games of recent years. "Stay away!" is the best proof that good, complex games do not always consist of swapping game pieces, cards, a huge game board and a meter-thick manual. I for one would very often have fun with this game - and at this point again many thanks to my friend for gift giving! :-)