Mada
2022Sophia Wagner
- Videos
- 10
- Creators
- 9
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Mada is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.
2 - 5 players
20 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
In this hand-management and risk-taking game, you are playing ring-tailed lemurs living on the island of Madagascar. Your goal: collect as many prickly pears as possible. Each turn, players must choose 1 of 3 actions: play a card, draw or take a risk. The card played has to be equal or higher than the previous one. Playing high cards will bring you more points, but it will also end the round faster, to your advantage or the one of your opponents. If special cards can help you, they will definitely surprise the others and bring interaction. Players win prickly pears at the end of each round, unless they lost it. Game stops when a player has collected 5 cards. -description from the publisher
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Mada has 10 videos from 9 creators: 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to September 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to play MADA ?" by HELVETIQ, which runs 2 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Game Review: Mada" by BoardGameGeek. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Mada, on explique et on joue" by Un Monde de jeux, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Strato, Zilence, The Boldest and Poo Poo Pets, also by Sophia Wagner.
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About Mada
From BoardGameGeek:
In this hand-management and risk-taking game, you are playing ring-tailed lemurs living on the island of Madagascar. Your goal: collect as many prickly pears as possible. Each turn, players must choose 1 of 3 actions: play a card, draw or take a risk. The card played has to be equal or higher than the previous one. Playing high cards will bring you more points, but it will also end the round faster, to your advantage or the one of your opponents. If special cards can help you, they will definitely surprise the others and bring interaction. Players win prickly pears at the end of each round, unless they lost it. Game stops when a player has collected 5 cards. -description from the publisher
Designer
Sophia Wagner
Artists
Marcin Minor, Clara San Millán
Publisher
Helvetiq
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