- Schotten-Totten
Infobox_Game
subject_name=Schotten-Totten
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designer=Reiner Knizia
publisher=Schmidt Spiele ASS Pro Ludo PS-Games Ubik
players=2
ages=8 and up
setup_time= 2 minutes
playing_time= 30 minutes
complexity=Medium
strategy=Medium
random_chance=Medium
skills=Strategic thought, Deduction
bggid=372
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footnotes="Schotten-Totten" is a
card game designed byReiner Knizia , first published in 1999.Gameplay
Gameplay in "Schotten-Totten" resembles simultaneous play of nine separate hands of
poker , but where each hand has only three cards in it. There are nine "boundary" stones between players at the start of the game. Players vie to win five of the stones, or three adjacent ones, to win the game.Other versions
The 2004 reprinting of "Schotten-Totten" added ten "tactic cards", a few of them being types of wild cards and others allowing you to affect the game in some way outside of the normal rules.
"Schotten-Totten" has also been rethemed and sold under the name "Battleline" (published by
GMT Games ) with similar gameplay, slightly altered rules (such as a player's hand size), artwork consisting of drawings of ancient soldiers, and Tactics cards which "introduce that random element that makes war continually surprising". [cite journal| title=Pyramid Pick: Battle Line Card Game| url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=2021 | last=Walters| first=C. Andrew| date=2000-12-22 | journal=Pyramid (online)| accessdate=2008-02-17]References
External links
*bgg|372|"Schotten-Totten"|760|"Battleline"
* [http://www.gamereport.com/tgr22/schottentotten.html Independent review] by "The Game Report"
* [http://flexgames.com "Schotten-Totten" online] at flexgames.com
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