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Challengers! is an interactive deck-management game for 1-8 players that plays in about 45 minutes independent of player count. With the tournament gameplay style, you meet another opponent every round. In the Deck Phase, you choose new members and add them to your deck, which might consist of a wizard, alien, cat, gangster and kraken. 75 distinct characters with more than 40 exciting effects create a unique experience every game. Choose from six different sets and discover new strategies and synergies every game. In the Match Phase, stay in flag possession to win the trophy of that round. Try to get the most fans and trophies over the course of seven rounds to be able to qualify for the final. If you can best your opponent in the final, you win Challengers! (If you think that all sounds a lot like a board game adaption of a digital Autobattler, we are proud to tell you that this is the first of its kind!) —description from the publisher
| Year | 2022 |
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| Designers | Johannes Krenner, Markus Slawitscheck |
| Artists | Jeff Harvey |
| Publishers | Korea Boardgames, Galápagos Jogos, Hobby Japan, Z-Man Games, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Gémklub, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Game Harbor, Lord of Boards, GoKids 玩樂小子, Tower Tactic Games, Choo Choo Games, 1 More Time Games |
| Players | 1–8 |
| Time | 45 min |
| Status | Played or rated only |
| BGG Rating | 7.0 |
| Categories | Card Game, Animals, Sports |
| Mechanics | Hand Management, Open Drafting, Finale Ending, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Deck Construction |
| BGG Rank | 956 |
| Complexity | 1.79 / 5 |
| Language | Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups |
| Date | Location | Duration | Qty | Players | Scores | Winner | |
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2022-10-08 | Spiel | – | 1 | ?, ?, ?, ?, Jan, Yashima | –, –, –, –, –, – |
My BGG Comment
Played at SPIEL 2022. More fun that I had anticipated. This takes the element of deck construction as an unusual main feature and with a neatly organized system pits players into a tournament of up to 8 people. Before each round you get to choose new cards for your deck. In the round you simply "resolve" your decks and see how they fare. You get points for winning a game and some cards give you extra points during a game. There is a solo mode and it also plays 2 players so this may be a consideration to buy at some point. I am sure though it really shines most at 6 or 8 players.