Mottainai

Players act as acolytes in a temple who perform tasks, collect materials, and create or sell completed Works for visitors. Each card is multi-purpose and can serve as a task, a material, or a completed Work; choosing a task enables actions that opponents may follow on their turns. Players combine Works’ special abilities and manage which materials to sell while planning to maximize efficiency and avoid waste.

Players: 2–5 best 2
Playing time: 15–30 min
Age: 13+
Complexity: 3.2 / 5

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Design: Carl Chudyk
Art: Alanna Cervenak

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Mottainai: Wutai Mountain2018

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Plays logged: 72
Players: 55m 56s
Average play: 37
In collections: 12
On wishlists: 2
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6.3/10

from 13 Ludoya reviews

Fernando Arbeiza9.0
Original PnP: Given to Ronny
Played it 4 times
Evan4.0
This game isn't bad per-se but I did feel like it didn't hold up to other games by the same designer. In particular Innovation, but also Glory to Rome. It's not bad in a pinch, but if you can get your hands on those other games I'd do so. We found the scoring method to be needlessly confusing, but that could be inexperience in a somewhat cumbersome system. ★ Art, Iconography and components functional ☆ Clever or interesting mechanisms ☆ Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players ★ Multiple plays stay interesting ★ Low or mitigatable luck elements ★☆☆☆☆ Raw enjoyment
First impressions · 1 play
Mitchell C6.0
I didn't click on the first play. Need to try again and step out of the Glory to Rome mindset.
First impressions · 1 play