New game : Jekyll vs Hyde

[Moof]

Here comes a new 2-players game for BGA : Jekyll vs Hyde, from Mandoo Games

Jekyll vs. Hyde is a trick-taking game for 2 players. As Dr. Jekyll, you'll need to resist Mr. Hyde's fierce attacks to protect your mind and keep the secret of your dual nature. As Mr. Hyde, your goal is to dominate Dr. Jekyll to overcome his identity.

The game page : https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=jekyllvshide

Have fun

[Shobu]

thanks, looks great!!!
Any date for a commercial release (i can see 2021 on bgg)

(link to french rules is wrong)

[Gislef]

Not a complaint about the BGA port. But for the basic game...

Isn't playing as Jekyll absurdly hard? You don't just have to take tricks away from Hyde, but you have to "balance" not taking too many or you give Hyde the win.

Hyde, on the other hand, can either lose all of his tricks or win all of his tricks. Either one gets him a victory.

I'm not too familiar with trick-taking game: maybe there's a simple way to grab the trick-lead for the first half of a round, and then throw it away so you lose the trick-lead in the second half. But random card draw comes into it, then. And Hyde doesn't have to worry about that: even if he loses big-time, he "wins".

Thoughts?

[nccc]

hi! I want to try this game but i dont have BGG account.
Any RULELINK NOT bgg version plz?

[JusterGame]

BGA - It doesn't seem to show up in the listings when seeking 2 player games ??

[Moof]

Maybe because it's still in beta

[Een]

Actually, the game list page categories depend on the flags set on the game by the developer in the game informations. But indeed, sometimes flags were not set, while we have the information needed from other settings. In the next version we'll complement the flag by a test on the players number to make sure that all 2P games are displayed in this category.

[Bigspoon816]

Not a complaint about the BGA port. But for the basic game...

Isn't playing as Jekyll absurdly hard? You don't just have to take tricks away from Hyde, but you have to "balance" not taking too many or you give Hyde the win.

Hyde, on the other hand, can either lose all of his tricks or win all of his tricks. Either one gets him a victory.

I'm not too familiar with trick-taking game: maybe there's a simple way to grab the trick-lead for the first half of a round, and then throw it away so you lose the trick-lead in the second half. But random card draw comes into it, then. And Hyde doesn't have to worry about that: even if he loses big-time, he "wins".

Thoughts?

I played this for the first time against a good friend of mine who is an excellent board gamer. I played Jekyll and Hyde advanced in the first two rounds. The goal in the third round for me was to have Jekyll win five trick and for Hyde to win five tricks so there would be no movement. Through careful card play and use of the potion cards I was able to accomplish this and won the game. It was a very good game. I liked the game a lot and look forward to playing it again.