Matches
2024Daniel McKinley
- Videos
- 10
- Creators
- 7
Mostly reviews. Matches is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.
2 - 6 players
30 - 45 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
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 style 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. A player can choose to pass, upon which they collect points for each of pairs they have played. The last player to pass wins the trick and collects the points on the blaze card...but will NOT score their pairs they have played. Deciding if you'll get more points from the pairs you've played, or if you need to try and stay in to get the points on the blaze card, is the heart of Matches. The game also includes optional powerful "Burn Cards" which can be purchased with points. These Burn Cards can have huge impacts on how the game is played, the possibly points to be scored, and the cards in players hands. -description from the publisher
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Which Matches video should I watch?
Matches has 10 videos from 7 creators: 8 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 unboxing. They date from 2022 to February 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Matches" by Tabletop Gaming Guild, which runs 11 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Fanatic Reviews: Matches - a press your luck and hand management card game by Thing 12 Games" by Adam the Fanatic. 7 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try R.A.V.E.L. and Hit Me!, also by Daniel McKinley, or Quartz and Dead Man's Draw, which share several of its mechanics.
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Tabletop Gaming Guild
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Adam the Fanatic
2 videos of this game
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Good Owl Games
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Tabletop Bellhop
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Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
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2015Sérgio Halaban, André Zatz
- Videos
- 25
- Creators
- 21
Mainly reviews and how-to-play
3 - 5 players45 - 60 minLight weight
About Matches
From BoardGameGeek:
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 style 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. A player can choose to pass, upon which they collect points for each of pairs they have played. The last player to pass wins the trick and collects the points on the blaze card...but will NOT score their pairs they have played. Deciding if you'll get more points from the pairs you've played, or if you need to try and stay in to get the points on the blaze card, is the heart of Matches. The game also includes optional powerful "Burn Cards" which can be purchased with points. These Burn Cards can have huge impacts on how the game is played, the possibly points to be scored, and the cards in players hands. -description from the publisher
Designer
Daniel McKinley
Artist
Gustavo "Goose" Gutierrez
Publisher
Thing 12 Games
Categories
Card GameMath & Numbers
Mechanics