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The Grimm Masquerade
20m - 40m
2 - 5 Players
Ages 8+
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40.00€
The Beast has invited you to his castle for a Masquerade. When you enter, you are magically transformed into the identity of another character from The Grimm Forest! The Beast enjoys his antics!
Players will be outed if they are given 2 artifacts of their bane, but can win the magical masquerade if they are able to collect 3 artifacts of their favor.
The Beast loves to watch the characters try and oust each other. Each player will draw 2 artifacts, keeping one for themselves and giving 1 to any player at the ball. This reveals a lot of information on both players. Why did you keep that artifact? Oh excuse me Snow White, I see you have 2 mirrors does that oust you as the Evil Queen?
Turning in 2 Artifacts activates special actions as well, timing these well have great benefits!
Don’t worry if you are outed early, you take on the role of a Ghost, you get to guess what character you think will win the magical masquerade and if you are correct, you win along with them! You also take a turn handing out Artifacts to characters to try and sway the ball to your favor!
The first player to collect 3 Artifacts of Favor or to be the last player remaining will win. All other players will be given a token in their defeat. When someone has 3 tokens, that triggers the end of the masquerade and we see which player was the best!
-description from designer
| Ages | 8+ |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players |
| Play Time | 20m – 40m |
| Designer | Ben Eisner, James Hudson, Tim Eisner |
| Mechanics | Set Collection |
| Theme | Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Fantasy |
| Publisher | Druid City Games, Skybound Games |
Khexhu
Plays well with three. Our son likes it and we enjoy playing it with him. I think it works well as a kids game or for non serious family fun. People are not wrong about the scoring problem, but if it bugs you just change to each round being worth 3 roses, we may start playing that way ourselves. I hate house ruling games and would almost rather sell a game than do so, but it’s such a minor change here and simple to implement. Plus the entire rest of the design is really solid and the art direction wonderful of course. Noticed the cards are thicker stock than Grimm Forest. I was a bit disappointed in that one for the price, but this game is nearly the opposite. It seems a great value and it really fills a hole by proving a good social deduction/party game for low player counts. Our son LOVES having a secret identity and trying to guess/figure out ours.
hadsot
This is a fun deduction game , I really like the artwork and the theme. The only problems I have with it it's the last round is always more important but the rounds are always the same, and also you can have bad luck in a few draws of the deck , that leave you out , but you can always try to win points even if you are out
Scratches
8.25.19 - (2 plays, 4-5p) This type of game is fun to play but I really suck at it... And I’m a fan of deduction. Enjoyed it enough to play some more but not enough to ask for it. I do think it had a solid set of mechanics.