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Challengers!

Johannes Krenner, Markus Slawitscheck · Z-Man Games · 2022

Build a deck then watch it auto-battle in a tournament bracket. The auto-battler format is new for board games.

Players

1–8

Time

45 min

Ages

Difficulty

Light

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Why you'll like it

Auto-battler format is new
Up to 8 players
Quick 45-minute tournament
Hilarious interactions
Low rules overhead

How it plays

In Challengers, players build a deck of quirky characters and send them into duels. Each round you're paired against a different opponent, and you take turns flipping cards from your decks. The flipped card attacks, and the defender must keep flipping until they beat it, or lose the duel.

Between matches you add new cards to your deck and remove weak ones. Wins earn fans, and the players with the most fans reach the final showdown. Rounds run at the same time across several tables, so it works well with up to 8 players.