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No Mercy (English Edition)

Mandoo Games SKU: MAN-NOMER-021

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Designer	Reiner Knizia
Publisher	Mandoo Games
Players	2-5
Playtime	20 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Additional Info	339214/no-mercy http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/339214/no-mercy/forums/63

HIT ! is a press-your-luck game in which you draw cards to get points — but you don't want to draw too often because then you might lose all your gains!

In more detail, the 90-card deck contains eleven cards each numbered 1-5 and seven cards each numbered 6-10. On a turn, you flip over a card from the deck and place it in front of you, stealing (if you wish) all the cards of the same number that are in front of other players. You can stop after each draw, or you can draw another card. If you draw a number that you already have lying in front of you — and you have at least three cards in front of you — then you discard all cards in front of you from the game.

At the start of your turn, if you have cards in front of you, place them face down in a personal score pile, then start your turn. When the draw pile is exhausted, all players place all the cards they have in front of themselves in their score piles, then they tally the numbers on all their scored cards. Whoever has the highest sum wins.

Fun fast easy teach

I have a lot of none gamers in the family and this is a nice push your luck light theft game. Solid filler game or for family nights

Fun, Fast, Well-themed and Produced press-your-luck

Our first play was full of excitement and twists. We were prepared for the luck of the cards and made the most of wild swings in fortune as your could choose a play style and make the most of the luck. It's over in a blink of an eye. Will it have legs? If by legs you mean it will reveal new layers over time - no, it won't have those legs. If by legs you mean that it will see a steady rotation to the table over time as a warm up or end of night finisher - yeah, sure. Glad I got this version when I could.

So Simple It Requires Twice The Exclamation ‼️

Disclaimer: (We've been crushin on Knizia a bit lately.)

No Mercy!! is a very quick playing push your luck style card game designed by Reiner Knizia.

IMO Reiner Knizia designs are generally known for three things; simple, bare-bones rules, impeccable math, and clever twists.

The rules and setup for No Mercy!! are dead simple and bullet quick to get firing. Of the 40+ Reiner Knizia games we've played over the past several months, this one stands out as possibly having the simplest rules set. I wouldn't magine it taking more than a couple minutes for just about anyone to get playing once they've read the rules.

I expect the math & balance will work at all suggested player counts (2-5) but so far, we have only played at 3. My feeling is that it would be played at it's best at 4 or 5, and it seems a little too swingy for me to get excited about as a 2 player experience.

It is a push your luck game with the highest point total winning. The twist comes in how claimed cards are not scored right away, but are scored at the start of your next turn (before you've performed any other actions) if they weren't stolen during other player's turns and remained in your possession. Having to wait to collect your points while other players chip away at your cards to add to their own reserves keeps you engaged throughout. The way the potential score piles continue to change hands and continue to grow throughout the rounds dulls a bit of the pain. Loosing a juicy score pile doesn't sting as much as you might think because, at least for a while, you have the hope of stealing it back on your next turn.

Overall...a keeper...and I could have played multiple times in the time I spent writing this review...got to go!

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Just awesome!

The components, art quality and overall theme of this game is excellent. The miniatures included in the deluxe version really give the enemies a sense of presence. I’m looking forward to many games of slaying monsters! Just awesome!

Great light fun

Light enough to play with my kids, deep enough to enjoy with a group of adults (plays really well at 3). Lovely artwork. Check this one out!

Great two player game

Easy to learn, good depth of play, quality construction, would recommend it for your two player collection

New game - Rauha

Really great new game with beautiful artwork. We discovered this game online and it has become our new favourite game. It is not overly difficult to learn and we are slowing learning all the nuances.

Absolutely Fantastic

It truly is an enjoyable two person game and that is hard to come by sometimes. It is a game that inspires an air of role playing and is fantastic for hardcore Dune fans and non fans alike. Personally, I don't enjoy solo mode but the app does allow the ability to do so. This is definitively a personal preference only. I will be buying the expansions and uncharacteristically of me, the upgrade pack.

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