- “Frantic”: Review of the treacherous card game
- This is how the malicious nightcap with Mau Mau character plays out
- Information, evaluation and conclusion
At first glance, “FranticLike the well-known Mau-Mau or Uno: You receive seven cards in your hand and try to be the first to discard them. Number on number, color on color, no problem.
How does Frantic play?
At the start of the game, everyone sets a point limit together. After each round, the values of the remaining hand cards are added up. The game ends when the first player reaches the limit. Whoever has the lowest number of points wins.
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There are black-backed playing cards and white-backed event cards. And it is these special and event cards that are gradually driving the gamblers to despair. If someone plays a black card, it starts. Then an event card is revealed.
To name a few examples: It is still easy to get over the “equality“-Map. You choose a fellow player with fewer hand cards than you have for the attack. This person has to draw as many cards until he/she has the same number. Well, no one makes friends that way. It goes on, and than that tornado breaks out, all must discard their hand cards in front of them. The currently active player collects them, shuffles them and deals them face down card by card. Even meaner is the “expansion“: Each player draws one card from the draw pile: the first end of the game one card, the second two cards, the third three and so on. Many a mischievously grinning face suddenly twists into the lemon-sour opposite. And those are just some of the attacks lurking in the event stack.
info and conclusion
Getting started with the process is easy as the Uno rules should be well known. The special thing about “Frantic” is the really large number of event cards that make the game so unpredictable and entertaining (according to the instructions there are 20 single-colored and 23 multi-colored special cards). However, it takes a few rounds to internalize their meaning, during which time you have to leaf through the instructions again and again. There are much more suitable games for two people, as many of the event cards only begin to have an effect with three or more players. With three or more players, however, “Frantic” does indeed play like an evil Uno – including gloating and being snapped at the gaming table.
- Information about “Frantic” at a glance:
- Number of players: 2 to 8
- Age recommendation: from 12
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Publisher: Game Factory
- Authors: Fabian Engeler, Pascal Frick, Stefan Weisskopf, Pierre Lippuner
- Per:
- Varied, cheeky special cards
- Easy entry
- Cons:
- Except for special cards, no innovation
- With two people, the whistle is missing
- Nothing for the faint-hearted
- Editor’s rating: 7 out of 10 points
Conclusion: “Frantic” is a fun nightcap or beginner’s game in a larger, happy group with preferably at least four players who like to make life difficult for each other and who can take something without losing the fun.
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transparency notice: To test the game, the publisher provided us with a review copy without further conditions.
