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Cheaty Mages!

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Published
2008
Reach
Niche
Players
3–6
Play time
30 min
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Main mechanics

  • Hidden roles & bluffing
  • Hand management
  • Direct conflict
  • Hidden roles & bluffing: Somebody at the table is not who they claim to be.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Direct conflict: Players attack each other head-on.
Full publisher description

The card game Cheaty Mages puts you in the role of a wizard who has come to watch and bet on monsters fighting in an arena. Of course, you have all of your spells to help the monsters you've bet on win (or harm the monsters fighting against yours) but then again, so do all of the other players, too! What's more, judges line the arena during combat and if players push things too far with their cheating spells, a judge might intervene and dispel or even eject the fighter! Who will walk away with the largest pile of gold?

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