venerdì 3 gennaio 2014

Army of Darkness - The Card Game !

"Find the Necronomicon. Recite the words. Dispel the evil."


In 2004 (now 10 years ago) Eden Studios has published a nice and non-collectible card game based on the universe of "Army of Darkness". Being long out of production, I bought it on Ebay. It is possible to retrieve it without particular economical effort (and in particular I have found in the UK).

We start to describe the packaging: a small box that shows the movie poster on the cover and a quick explanation of the game in the back.


 



Once you've opened the box you will face a lot of beautiful cards which show pictures of characters and scenes from the film: groovy!

Rules of the game are quite simple. You can play from 2 to 4 players that choose a character, catch some cards and then start the game turn consisting of the following steps

  • draw a card
  • play one from your hand
  • attack someone!

The game's purpose is to recover the Necronomicon and hold it for at least 2 turns (the one in which you recover it and the next one).



In the meanwhile we must fight against monsters (or against other players!) using a 6 faced dice (since you are forced to attack, it will be something that will happen many times).




Winning fights lead to draw a card, losing it to discard one. Cards in hand are even life points, so once a player finish his card... he have to turn side ! From "Good" the character will become "Evil" and viceversa: these cards  have two faces, each one with a different version of the character.

Here are the character cards "good" version



turning cards they become "Evil"!



To a lover of the universe Evil Dead these cards are hilarious, especially the "events" and "items" ones,  substantially cards that enhance the characters in their attacks. Note that each card contains a quote from the movie!




I have not played it yet but I think I will soon :) Next review will be about to the tabletop game, and it will require a little more study since that game is much more complicated: D

See you next time !



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