Alex Doppelgänger<p>🃏 Now THIS is how you properly put to good use a pack of Tarot cards!</p><p>🃏 Yesterday I had the pleasure of discovering "Battle of Tarot", a game created by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://makertube.net/accounts/denmanrooke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>denmanrooke@makertube.net</span></a></span> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@denmanrooke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>denmanrooke@social.coop</span></a></span>) which is a "combat game" in the style of Cuttle or even the more modern Magic: The Gathering (and other TCGs) and Star Realms (and other deck builders like it). </p><p>🃏 So I invited <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/paulexandru.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paulexandru.bsky.social</span></a></span> over and started to play. This game is very tactical and thoroughly enjoyed it, and I especially enjoyed the fact that the Trump Cards (Major Arcana, for all you divination people out there) are special spells each with its own effect.</p><p>🃏 One of the challenges when it comes to combat games that use standard packs of cards is that you have to remember or always have a list at hand with all the special abilities of all the special cards. As opposed to combat games such as Magic: The Gathering where the cards are specially created and the people creating them can list their effects on them. This is a moderate minus, but not of Battle of Tarot per se, because as stated it's a characteristic of all such combat games.</p><p>🃏 Other than that, I do still have some questions regarding some rules (I'll make a list, although the How-To-Play video provided by the designer and rules FAQ should be enough, they do a great job), but I really enjoyed this game and will definitely play it some more soon. I'm very enthusiastic about it because I love the fact that people are still looking to innovate this very old pack of cards and I hope it will soon catch up with the standard pack of cards in terms of modern games for it. </p><p>🃏 Now, Denman Rooke designed this game with a pack of Rider-Waite in mind and I think it's because of the illustrations that line up with the theme of the game. However, if you don't have a Rider-Waite pack (or a de Marseille one), I think you can safely play with a normal 78 cards Tarot deck (such as French Tarot, Tarot Nouvelle). You'll just be missing out on the eye candy.</p><p>🃏 I also enjoy the layout of the rules manual. The rules for the game are free to download from the site <a href="https://battleoftarot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">battleoftarot.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and I highly recommend for you guys to take a look.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tarotcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarotcards</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cardgames</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumps</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/combat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>combat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/combatgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>combatgames</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a></p>