
2022Tim Rogasch
From BoardGameGeek
In Kinoko, each player secretly draws a color card corresponding to a family of mushrooms - musicians, scientists, etc. - and gets a hand of three mushroom cards. On your turn, roll the three dice, then choose one of them. The result of that die, whether a number or an icon, determines your action: exchange two cards, swap two sets of cards, pick at any card secretly, etc. To win the round, you must gather the three members of your family in one location during your turn. This reunion can happen in any player's hand or on the table. Seems easy? The trick is you can see only the cards in other players' hands, and your decisions are limited to what you roll on the dice. What's more, each round one family of mushrooms turns poisonous, and having a card of that color in your hand when the round stops earns you a negative point... The round's winner scores positive points, and the first player to 4 points wins.
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Kinoko has 4 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to March 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "How to play KINOKO" by HELVETIQ, which runs 2 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Kinoko Review" by MarcoOmnigamer. To see it played, watch "All the Games with Steph: Kinoko" by Steph Hodge.
If you like it, try Trio, A Wild Venture, Hanabi or Triplock, which share several of its mechanics.
2010Antoine Bauza
2 - 5 players25 minLight weight
2017Adam Carlson, Josh J. Carlson
1 - 2 players15 - 30 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Kinoko, each player secretly draws a color card corresponding to a family of mushrooms - musicians, scientists, etc. - and gets a hand of three mushroom cards. On your turn, roll the three dice, then choose one of them. The result of that die, whether a number or an icon, determines your action: exchange two cards, swap two sets of cards, pick at any card secretly, etc. To win the round, you must gather the three members of your family in one location during your turn. This reunion can happen in any player's hand or on the table. Seems easy? The trick is you can see only the cards in other players' hands, and your decisions are limited to what you roll on the dice. What's more, each round one family of mushrooms turns poisonous, and having a card of that color in your hand when the round stops earns you a negative point... The round's winner scores positive points, and the first player to 4 points wins.
Designer
Tim Rogasch
Artist
Polina Ozean
Publisher
Helvetiq
Categories
Mechanics