Review of board game 'Kartgrapher' aiming to acquire territory by surveying unknown continents for the Queen
' Kartgrapher ' is a game in which the player becomes a draftsman (cartgrapher) who has been ordered by the Queen to survey and map an unknown continent. I actually played this game that shares the same world view as the
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◆ Package & contents
The package looks like this.
The number of people who can play the game is 1 to 100, the target age is 10 years old and over, and the estimated play time is 30 to 45 minutes.
The contents look like this and are quite compact.
The cards consist of 13 'search cards', 16 'scoring cards', 4 'ambush cards', 4 'seasonal cards', and 4 'edict cards'.
In addition, 14 promotional cards are included. However, promotion cards are often bonus cards that are not for sale, but in the case of cartographers, the original version of the card that is sold separately as a mini expansion set is included.
Occupation cards for 'role players' are also included.
Map sheet and pencil. The sheets are printed on both sides in a set of 100 sheets, and the player consults and decides which one to use during the game. There are 4 pencils included, so please prepare separately when playing with 5 or more people.
◆ 4 players
First, turn the score card over, divide it into four piles for each pattern on the back, and shuffle each.
After arranging the edict cards in order from A to D, arrange one card from each of the four piles below it.
Randomly choose one of the four ambush cards, mix it into a pile of exploration cards, shuffle the pile, and put it in play.
Distribute the map sheet and pencils to each player and you're ready to go.
In the game, you flip through multiple search cards for each season, and the player draws the search contents on the map according to the contents, and if you meet the edict at the end of the season, you will get a 'star of honor'. Proceed in the form of.
First of all, ' Exploration Phase '. Flip the cards from the pile of exploration. If it is 'Ruins', turn over another card.
The next card is 'village'. This will move you to the next ' Surveying Phase'. In the survey phase, select one 'land type' or 'terrain' from the description on the search card and fill it out on the map sheet at hand. In the case of 'village', there is only one icon, so you can choose only 'village' as the type and two terrains. In addition, it is OK to rotate or flip the terrain when filling in.
The point of this game is to draw on the map with your own hands. When the 'Ruins' card appears, you need to write it so that it overlaps with the ruins icon on the map in the next survey phase.
When the 'Ambush' card appears, give your map sheet to the player in the direction of rotation drawn on the left side, have them draw the terrain drawn on the right side, and have them return the map sheet. This is the only sabotage behavior in this game.
It is decided that the next player will draw in a place that seems to be suffering later.
Of course, I can do the same thing ...
Next to the survey phase is the ' confirmation phase '. If the number on the left shoulder of the card is in line with or exceeds the 'limit number' set for each season, proceed to the next season.
When advancing to the next season, as shown at the bottom of the map sheet, the contents of the two scoring cards corresponding to the decree, the points added by the number of gold coin trucks filled in when getting the gold coins, the sky adjacent to the monster square Enter the points deducted by the mass.
After the four seasons, it looks like this. I couldn't make good use of the contents of the spring score card A, and I couldn't suppress the deduction of the influence of the monster trout drawn in the fall, so I sank to the bottom.
In the second race, I tried using the skill card included in the promotion card. The skill is that each player can use only one per season, which has a powerful effect, but to use it, you need to pay the gold coin for the cost written on the left shoulder of the card.
In this play, when the ambush card 'Gnoll's Invasion' appears, one of the players uses the skill 'Acrobatics'. Succeeded in holding down the concave block drawn in 'Gnoll's Invasion' into a 2x1 rectangle.
The final result looks like this. I should have surveyed similar continents, but the results were completely different.
◆ Solo play
'Cartgrapher' can be played not only by multiple players but also by solo play. The contents to prepare are exactly the same.
Play is basically the same.
The big difference is the processing of 'Ambush Cards'. At the time of solo play, check the mark on the right shoulder of the card, check whether the terrain can be placed in order from the four colored corners, and draw it where it can be placed first. At this time, unlike when playing with multiple players, the terrain is not rotated or flipped. If there is no place to go around, check one on the inner circumference, and if you can not put it to the end, it will be treated as not activated.
Even if you can't put it right away and think 'I managed to avoid it !?', if you check it, you will find a place where you can put it, which is quite annoying.
After finishing the four seasons, the score will be calculated in the same way as when playing multiple players. Then subtract the number of stars on the four scoring cards to see the Queen's rating. This time it was '0', which was exactly 'apprentice draftsman'. Will the day come when we can become a 'legendary draftsman'?
The full Japanese version of 'Cartgrapher' is sold on Amazon for 2476 yen. Since it is not a game that turns the turn, the play time is almost the same whether it is solo play, 2-player play, or 4-player play, and that is exactly what 100 players play if you know exactly what the card was turned over in the exploration phase. But it's OK. Although there is interference from the ambush card, basically it depends on the luck of 'how I draw the puzzle' and which card is drawn, just like 'My City', so everyone can get excited together. It was an impression of a game.
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