Girl Genius: The Works – Master Payne's Circus of Adventure

This non-collectible card game features Agatha's time in the circus and her visit to Sturmhalten, with circus performers, tiny Mimmoths, and dangerous villains appearing throughout the deck. Each player starts with a five-card hand while twelve cards form a face-down patchwork. On a turn, a player reveals a card, rotates a face-up card, and compares its edge symbols with adjacent cards. Matching cards are “popped,” resolving their effects before usually being added to the player's score pile; cards from hand replace those removed. Circus Cards can provide an alternate route to victory, while Mimmoths can be collected in herds and stolen from other players. The game ends when a player reaches the point target determined by the player count.

Players: 2–4 best 2
Playing time: 30 min
Age: 12+
Complexity: 2 / 5