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Kobayakawa
Players receive one hidden card and a shared face-up card (the Kobayakawa) while a small pool of betting tokens sits in the center. On a turn a player either draws and discards to swap their hidden card or flips the deck to replace the Kobayakawa, then after everyone has acted players choose whether to bet a token to remain in the round. All remaining players reveal their cards; the player with the lowest card adds the Kobayakawa value to their own card. The highest resulting value wins the pot of bets plus a bonus from the center and takes the start-player marker for the next round. Play runs seven rounds (with a doubled bonus in the final round); the player with the most tokens at the end wins.
- Players
- 3–6 best 5
- Playing time
- 15 min
- Age
- 9+
- Complexity
- 1.2 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Where to buy it
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On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 31
- Plays logged
- 32
- Players
- 18m 42s
- Average play
- 15
- In collections
- 2
- On wishlists
7.0/10
from 4 Ludoya reviews
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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