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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.
pusboyau
Mmm, having now seen the video and read reviews of this memory game, I now realise that the backs on the card are different. Instead of relying on remembering location of pairs, you need to remember which symbols are tied with the matching characters face down. So you will learn to recall via association rather than location which seems odd as you will improve and the challenge will diminish, but this isn't detrimental as you should be learning the modern characters. The gamier aspect is learning the powers associated with each character to use to your advantage. Interesting with the plus being it can be soloed against the AI, but I can't see it being as fun as the other memory game I'm interested in: Memoarrr!! The only motivating reason to get this is to emphasis in my youngest the importance of making distinctions as he wrongly identifies things. I can't think of another game that will encourage this visual aspect.
goldeneyeace
Simple memory matching game, made slightly more interesting by the cards having unique backs that relate to their fronts, basically the backside shows an older-fashioned writing method of the chinese character on the frontside. Short and charming, but not much of a game. + learn a tiny amount of Chinese - minimal game, especially when memorized