Dupli

Story

You have just risen to the throne of a country ravaged by chaos. Your eldest brother ruled justly and peacefully, which left the country open to aggression from other countries that saw him as weak. Your next eldest brother ruled as a tyrant and saw the country crumble as his people deserted him to seek refuge in other lands. The frequent, severe shifts in political policy have left your remaining subjects in a state of fear and confusion, and your relationship with the surrounding kingdoms could ignite at any moment. If you don’t create a solid policy to run your country, it won’t last the season. From observing the failures of your brothers, you know that no kingdom can be run on Justice or Tyranny alone. A good ruler must know when to offer an open hand and when to crush with an iron fist. Find the balance, guide your people, and rise until the whole continent bows to you.

How Will You Rule?

The Game

Dupli is a strategic card game played using 6 unique cards which interact with each other in a rock-paper-scissors fashion. Under normal rules, each player is given the same hand of 9 cards to begin with. Each round, players select 2 of their cards to play and place them face-down on the table. All players flip up their cards at the same time. The goal of each round is to have the highest total Force, with each card impacting either your own total Force or that of your foes.

Players must try to read their opponents’ hands and moves as they plan when and how to pair and use each card at their disposal. Perception and deceit are just as important as strategy to win victory in this surprisingly simple yet deviously deep card game. 

For those looking for a slightly more chaotic game, there are rules for a random mode for larger groups of players. Instead of being dealt the same 9 card hand, each player receives 9 random cards. This makes reading and predicting your opponent's moves both more difficult and far more vital to your survival.

Gameplay takes a matter of minutes. This is the perfect game to pull out at the end of a gaming session to decide whose turn it is to buy pizza, or when waiting in line at a con. 

Features

• For 2-4 players.
• Beautiful art by Natsuko (@summer_525528)
• Quick to learn, quick to play
• Strategic, psychological gameplay

The Creators

https://www.bodoge-intl.com/gtl/

Game to Life

Game to Life is a circle of creators who promote more engagement with tabletop games in everyday life. They develop original tabletop games of their own, and organize gaming events and indie creator meetups. Their website hosts information aimed to encourage newcomers to get into gaming, through rule tutorials and strategy explanations. To spread the love of tabletop gaming throughout Japan and the world, they also showcase and promote the creations of other Japanese indie tabletop developers.