A fast-and-furious two-player sword-fighting duel, using a specially illustrated poker deck! Based on the designer's own experience with college fencing. Rule cards are included, to make the deck truly portable.
The Four Suits
Clashing Blades! is one of a series of card games by Origins-award-winning designer Lester Smith. Check the Lester Smith Games page for many more!
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Hofämterspiel
This is one of the earliest card games on record preserved in its entirety with all 48 cards intact. Its name means "Court-office Game". This handmade deck was commissioned by Ladislaus the Posthumous, king of Hungary and Bohemia and Duke of Austria from 1453 to 1457. Each suit sign carries the coats of arms of four kingdoms: France (fleur-de-lis), Germany (eagle), Bohemia (lion) and... [click here for more]
Hyakunin Isshu Karuta / 百人一首かるた
from the classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets.
Hyakunin Isshu can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"; it can also refer to the card game of uta-garuta, which uses a deck of cards based on the Hyakunin Isshu.
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Tired of becoming the wall trophies for Victorian Hunters, the dinosaurs of the Lost World have banded together to eliminate as many of the hunters as possible by Biting, Clawing, Stomping and Smashing them. Watch out for Ungga Bungga and some other Special effects, though, as they can completely throw off your game plan. The Carnivores think they're better at this, but the Herbivores think otherwise.... [click here for more]