Posted - 5 years 2 months ago
Our Japan expert Florian surprised us at this week's game afternoon with the Japanese game "Goita" (go-i-ta, ). It is a traditional trick game played mainly in Ishikawa Prefecture. The original is played with wooden tokens and playing cards are a modern version of it. Florian took the time to explain the game to us in detail, but after two rounds we realized that the mechanics were super easy to learn. Normally there are exactly 4 players playing, of which the opp...onents form a team. Each player gets 8 cards, so there are no cards left of the 32. The goal is for one player on a team to be the first to put all their cards on the table. Then the team has won the round. The playing cards/pieces have names that are based on chess, like pawn, bishop, knight, king etc. and these are provided with different points and characteristics. The round starts with the attack of a player and runs counterclockwise. Now the other players must try to intercept the attack and make their own attack. The other member of the team can decide for themselves if they want to suspend the round and give their team member an advantage or if they want to win for the team by using their cards skillfully. The points of the last card laid out count in the statistics and the game ends when a team reaches 15 points. We played a solid 1.5 hours. However, the game could have ended after significantly less or more time, depending on the course of the game. In any case, we really liked Goita, and we can absolutely recommend it! __________ @ LITE Games
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