MATCHES
Designers: Daniel McKinley
Artists: Gus ‘Goose’ Gutierrez, Darrin Michelson
30-45 mins
Game
Length
8+
Ages
2-6
Players
Light
Game
Weight
The Whelming Matches factory has burned down, with only THIS artifact found in the destruction. Cold to touch, it sat amongst the ashen remains of the factory. Why? How? These questions have yet to be unanswered.
Matches is a trick-taking card game, with a unique spin on scoring and playing. The lead player plays a number card to start the blaze. Each player in turn order must play a card matching that number (which increases the blaze’s heat and point value), or a set of cards that equal the value of the card.
Set within the Thing 12 Games alternative Cthulian world! Matches is the 2nd game in our ‘Cthulian Artifact Series’. And a thematic follow-up to the Dice Tower Seal of Approval-awarded: The Seals of Cthulhu!
In the short video below, game designer Daniel McKinley walks us through the base gameplay of Matches!