VAN HELSING & 12 CHIP TRICK, it's Mandooday!

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VAN HELSING & 12 CHIP TRICK, it's Mandooday!

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Diddlidooo, Monday is a day for Mandoo!
Today, we offer you to discover TWO new games from the same publisher.

First, Dracula vs Van Helsing:
Many years after the confrontation with Van Helsing, Dracula landed in Whitby, England once again. The citizens of Whitby sought help from the vampire hunter, Professor Van Helsing. Will Van Helsing defeat Dracula before he transforms all the inhabitants into vampires?

In Dracula vs Van Helsing, each player controls one of the title characters. Van Helsing must remove all of Dracula's life points to win, but if Dracula turns all four inhabitants of the same district into vampires first, Dracula wins.

The game lasts at most five rounds. Each round, players play in turn (starting with Dracula), drawing a card, then discarding that card or swapping it with one of the five cards on their rack to trigger the discarded card's ability. Cards come in eight types, each with its own effect. Instead of drawing (and discarding) a card, a player can call for the end of the round. In order to choose this action, at least six cards need to be in the discard pile. After the opponent plays one last turn, the round ends; otherwise, the round ends when the deck is empty.

At the end of a round, players compare the five cards on their rack. Each card corresponds to one of the five districts on the game board. If Dracula has the higher-valued card, one of the humans in this district is converted into a vampire; if Van Helsing is higher, Dracula loses a health point. If one of the game-winning conditions is met, the game ends immediately.

Click below to try this game right now:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?ga ... lahelsing

The game has been designed by Maxime Rambourg and Théo Rivière, and we would like to thanks them as well as the fantastic work done by Moof for developing this game.

Second, 12 chip trick.
12 Chip Trick is a trick-taking game for 2 to 4 players, where the players are attempting to score the most points, but if a player scores 21 or more, their points are halved.

The game uses 12 discs, half red and half black, numbered 1 to 12. It is a "may follow" game where the players draft the discs played to the trick back to their hands. The winner takes a disc face up, not to be used again. The other players take discs face down, into their hand.

The game ends once a player has no discs to play. All players reveal their 4 discs and sum their points. The player with the most points after a number of rounds wins.

Click below to try it now!
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=twelvechips

We would like to thanks the game designer Root, and of course again, Moof, who developed this adaptation for BGA.

No games without publishers and of course, it's all thanks to Mandoo Games there. Don't hesitate to also discover their other games available on our platform, like Jekyll and Hyde, etc...

That's it for today!
See you on Wednesday for more releases!
Until then... take care and play fair!
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12チップトリックの説明が、BGA版ではなく、原作ルールになってます。
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Re: VAN HELSING & 12 CHIP TRICK, it's Mandooday!

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I am sorry, but it is very unpleasent to try to understand such an easy concept of trick-taking game by this translation in Russian. Let me introduce my variant, proposed by a man who (at least!) have read 2-pages rulebook and played 1 game.

В 12 Chip Trick, игре на взятки для 2–4 игроков, игроки пытаются набрать наибольшее количество очков, но если игрок набирает более 21, он проигрывает. Побеждает игрок, первым взявший 3 раунда.

В игре используются 12 фишек, последовательно пронумерованных от 1 до 12. Половина всех фишек – красные, а вторая половина – черные. Эта игра использует правило «may follow» (игрок не обязан играть «в масть»). Игроки возвращают фишки после розыгрыша и кладут их лицевой стороной вниз в свой запас. Победитель забирает фишку из розыгрыша (сначала забираются красные) и кладет ее лицевой стороной вверх. Эту фишку больше нельзя использовать в розыгрыше до подсчёта очков. Остальные игроки берут в руки фишки лицевой стороной вниз (по часовой стрелке, начиная с игрока, следующего после взявшего розыгрыш).

Раунд заканчивается, когда у игрока, забравшего взятку, не остается фишек для розыгрыша. Все игроки переворачивают все свои фишки лицевой стороной вверх и суммируют очки. В раунде побеждает игрок, набравший наибольшее количество очков. Игроки, набравшие свыше 21, «сгорают» и устраняются из подсчета. В случае, когда все игроки набрали свыше 21 очка, побеждает игрок, набравший больше очков.
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Re: VAN HELSING & 12 CHIP TRICK, it's Mandooday!

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Awithplus wrote: 10 October 2023, 05:52 I am sorry, but it is very unpleasent to try to understand such an easy concept of trick-taking game by this translation in Russian. Let me introduce my variant, proposed by a man who (at least!) have read 2-pages rulebook and played 1 game.
Translations of news are automated through more than 40 different ones, sorry about this and thanks for your feedback and help!
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DrClick wrote: 10 October 2023, 13:01 12 Chip Trick is a trick-taking game for 2 to 4 players, where the players are attempting to score the most points, but if a player scores 21 or more, their points are halved.
This description is from the first edition, but BGA version uses the second edition rule which makes all players with more than 21 points bust.
Apparently some players are misinformed and lost some rounds: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32837
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It's Tuesday
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