11-06-2014, 06:21 AM
Played three games last night. Cash n' Guns (2nd Edition), Resistance, and Coup. All of them simple bluffing games from Europe, all of them fun. They're all pretty quick, too. Though Cash n' Guns is the longest.
Cash n' Guns involves players pointing foam guns at each other, while the other two only use cards as components.
In Cash n' Guns, the players are mobsters doing a bank heist every round and betraying each other for loot. When everyone chooses their target, they secretly load one of their eight bullets for the round. Only three of your bullets are live ammo, the rest are blanks. Afterward there's a courage phase where players can bow out of the challenge and dodge the bullet, but doing so means you can't take any money. Players have three health. The living player with the most money at the end wins the game.
Resistance is about freedom fighters nominating members to take on missions to overthrow the government. It's very simple and abstract.The gameplay comes down to the fact that there's at least one spy among the group who can secretly cause missions to fail, and the conflict comes from players trying to veto nominations because they think that the spy is there.
Coup is a spin-off of Resistance, where you play as government officials taking taxes and performing actions to be the last one standing. However, your role is hidden from the players, so you can take an action that your role doesn't allow, and the players have to call you out on it. However, doing so is a risky thing to do, because if they're telling the truth, you lose health. You only have two health, and gameplay has your hidden roles swap constantly. It's great!
Bluffing games are only good with a varied enough group, and I played with a pretty decent one. Personally, I think Coup was the highlight.
Cash n' Guns involves players pointing foam guns at each other, while the other two only use cards as components.
In Cash n' Guns, the players are mobsters doing a bank heist every round and betraying each other for loot. When everyone chooses their target, they secretly load one of their eight bullets for the round. Only three of your bullets are live ammo, the rest are blanks. Afterward there's a courage phase where players can bow out of the challenge and dodge the bullet, but doing so means you can't take any money. Players have three health. The living player with the most money at the end wins the game.
Resistance is about freedom fighters nominating members to take on missions to overthrow the government. It's very simple and abstract.The gameplay comes down to the fact that there's at least one spy among the group who can secretly cause missions to fail, and the conflict comes from players trying to veto nominations because they think that the spy is there.
Coup is a spin-off of Resistance, where you play as government officials taking taxes and performing actions to be the last one standing. However, your role is hidden from the players, so you can take an action that your role doesn't allow, and the players have to call you out on it. However, doing so is a risky thing to do, because if they're telling the truth, you lose health. You only have two health, and gameplay has your hidden roles swap constantly. It's great!
Bluffing games are only good with a varied enough group, and I played with a pretty decent one. Personally, I think Coup was the highlight.