Hard and soft Koi Koi

[Takvorian]

Hi,

Can anybody explain what the difference is?

Thanks!

[Otithes]

In soft Koi-Koi, YOUR multiplier increases by 1 each time you call Koi. Therefore if you call Koi a couple times in a round, your score can increase dramatically.

In hard Koi-Koi, YOUR OPPONENT's multiplier increases by 1 each time you call Koi. This essentially serves to discourage players from calling Koi and playing risky. HOWEVER: if your score increases to at least 7, it will be doubled (which doesn't happen in soft Koi). So there's a little bit of incentive to gamble and therefore increase your score, but not as much as in soft Koi.

[Cabrera1961]

Please Otithes, could you link reference of the rule you explain? In french none of the rule links explicitly mention this optional mode.

[Een]

https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Gamehelpkoikoi

Translation in French is available here:

https://fr.doc.boardgamearena.com/Gamehelpkoikoi

[BoB Special]

Thanks, that was helpful!