2012 · Fantasy

Puzzle Strike: Third Edition

Players draft a character and build a bag of cardboard chips representing gems, attacks and special actions, then draw and play chips to create combos that send gem damage to opponents. Gameplay simulates a puzzle-videogame tempo: players push columns of gems, trigger crashes and chains, and use purchased chips to improve their bag over the course of the match. The game uses bag-building (deckbuilding with tokens) rather than cards, includes asymmetric characters with unique chip pools, and provides modes for 2–4 players plus team and draft variants. New edition updates pacing with a Panic mechanic, updated competitive chips, boards and privacy screens.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 2

schedulePlaying time

20 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

2.7 / 5