Schotten Totten
Schotten Totten Scotten Totten is a masterful and small strategy card game from prolific designer Reiner Knizia. also released under the names Battle Line and The Fifth Column. The game is deceptively simple. You place out 9 stone tiles between you and the other players. Shuffle up all the clan cards and deal out 6 to each player cards come in a number of colours and run from numbers 1-9. On a players turn they will play one card to one of the unclaimed stones. If there is already a card on your side you simply create a column. You are attempting to win either five stone locations or three adjacent stones. You cannot move cards once placed and may only play three cards to your side of each stone. To win a stone you must play the best combo of cards. These range from the weakest three card set (sum of the cards), to a colour run (three sequential cards of the same colour), with other poker like sets in between. Because there is only one of each card number/colour combo situations can arise where you know that you can't possibly lose a stone, if you can make the case to your opponent then you win the stone too.Added to this is a set of tactic cards which experienced players can use to add more decisions and variety to the game. It is a cheap, fast, fun and satisfying game of playing the odds and making some logical leaps of deduction. It's small portable size means it's the perfect game for all collections.Players: 2
Time: 20 mins
Age: 8+
Schotten Totten Scotten Totten is a masterful and small strategy card game from prolific designer Reiner Knizia. also released under the names Battle Line and The Fifth Column. The game is deceptively simple. You place out 9 stone tiles between you and the other players. Shuffle up all the clan cards and deal out 6 to each player cards come in a number of colours and run from numbers 1-9. On a players turn they will play one card to one of the unclaimed stones. If there is already a card on your side you simply create a column. You are attempting to win either five stone locations or three adjacent stones. You cannot move cards once placed and may only play three cards to your side of each stone. To win a stone you must play the best combo of cards. These range from the weakest three card set (sum of the cards), to a colour run (three sequential cards of the same colour), with other poker like sets in between. Because there is only one of each card number/colour combo situations can arise where you know that you can't possibly lose a stone, if you can make the case to your opponent then you win the stone too.Added to this is a set of tactic cards which experienced players can use to add more decisions and variety to the game. It is a cheap, fast, fun and satisfying game of playing the odds and making some logical leaps of deduction. It's small portable size means it's the perfect game for all collections.Players: 2
Time: 20 mins
Age: 8+
Description
Schotten Totten Scotten Totten is a masterful and small strategy card game from prolific designer Reiner Knizia. also released under the names Battle Line and The Fifth Column. The game is deceptively simple. You place out 9 stone tiles between you and the other players. Shuffle up all the clan cards and deal out 6 to each player cards come in a number of colours and run from numbers 1-9. On a players turn they will play one card to one of the unclaimed stones. If there is already a card on your side you simply create a column. You are attempting to win either five stone locations or three adjacent stones. You cannot move cards once placed and may only play three cards to your side of each stone. To win a stone you must play the best combo of cards. These range from the weakest three card set (sum of the cards), to a colour run (three sequential cards of the same colour), with other poker like sets in between. Because there is only one of each card number/colour combo situations can arise where you know that you can't possibly lose a stone, if you can make the case to your opponent then you win the stone too.Added to this is a set of tactic cards which experienced players can use to add more decisions and variety to the game. It is a cheap, fast, fun and satisfying game of playing the odds and making some logical leaps of deduction. It's small portable size means it's the perfect game for all collections.Players: 2
Time: 20 mins
Age: 8+
