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Cang Jie is one of the legendary figures in ancient China. As legends foretold, he was inspired by the footprints of animals on the ground, and began to create all kinds of different symbols according to the forms of all things in nature, hoping to replace the conventional, yet unreliable, knot tying way of remembering things. For conveniences, Jie decides to name these symbols “Zi”, which means “character”. This is the origin of “Hanzi”, the “character from Han dynasty”.
In Hànzì, players travel back 3600 years and serve as one of the pupils of Master Cang Jie. As you learn from the Master, you will create new characters that serve as the foundation of modern Chinese culture.
In game terms, you lay out double-sided cards on the table that show the old letters on one side and the newer traditional letters on the other. On a turn, you choose a task card that shows a theme and score points by identifying two of the many kanji that match your theme from among the old letters. Whoever first earns ten points wins.
Ages | 7+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players |
Play Time | 15m – 30m |
Designer | Nightsorrow Chou |
Mechanics | Push Your Luck, Pattern Recognition |
Theme | Card Game, Memory, Mythology |
Publisher | Deep Water Games, EmperorS4 |
DanielBGC
Played it with grown ups only, rated it a 4. Since it is easy to remember the required cards once you know which symbol is under which card back, it’s no longer a real game. As soon as no one makes mistakes the first player will always win. However with kids from let’s say 7–10 I would rate it a 7. Which makes a solid 5 in average. It is probably important to know that the game has a nice language learning aspect to it, so there is more to it than just a memory game.
Winnie06tw
讓有識字困難的孩子很喜歡文字的好遊戲。剛開始我使用簡化的方式,讓孩子辨認字卡後尋找,果然順利引起動機,也因此而提升判讀的自信!第二次加入規則後,孩子們也願意配合操作,希望自己獲得最後勝利!
HilkMAN
This was interesting for the characters. Didn't care one bit about the special actions. In other words, I would play this again (once-ish), but I don't think it's a great game.