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Yokai Pagoda

Yokai Pagoda

2023·Jacobo Rufete

2 - 5 players
10 - 15 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

A mysterious building rise over the hill, bathed with a crepuscular light. Astonished by the strange aura of the Pagoda, you decide to investigate it. Suddenly, a laugh, a shadow which is not yours and an eye with ominous pretensions turns alive. You have broken the peace of ten powerful Japanese spirits (called Yokai) who rested there! Will you find a way to calm their wrath? A game of Yokai Pagoda is played through 3 rounds, playing always one card per turn, until someone ends the current round. To play a game, you shuffle the 100 number cards (divided by 10 kinds of Yokai, numbered from 1 to 10), lay out two cards face-up to start the two discard piles, then deal seven cards to each player. Place the rest as the Pagoda deck, between the discard piles. When you play card, deal with one of the following effects: Playing the same Yokai or the same number allows you to give someone one card from your hand. With a different Yokai and a higher number you can take one random card from the deck -or- the first face-up card from the opposite dicard pile. With a different Yokai and a lower number you can go on with the round as nothing happened -or- end the current round, but only if you have a total amount of three or less points in your hands. But... you must take only into account the lowest card of each kind of Yokai you have! At that moment, everyone keeps the cards from their hand into a personal reserve. After 3 rounds, the one with less points in their reserve wins but... again you must take only into account the lowest card of each kind of Yokai you have. Try to match the balance between lose cards or keep the exact amount you need to reduce your score when other player ends the round. In Yokai Pagoda, knowing when to give a card, keep playing or end the round makes the difference!

Yokai Pagoda

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YOKAI PAGODA - Cómo se juega - TUTORIAL - Juego de Mesa - unna6:49

YOKAI PAGODA - Cómo se juega - TUTORIAL - Juego de Mesa - unna

unna

unna

Review

What’s New to BGA: Yokai Pagoda | How to play on BGA4:40

What’s New to BGA: Yokai Pagoda | How to play on BGA

Digital Board Gamer

Digital Board Gamer

Which Yokai Pagoda video should I watch?

Yokai Pagoda has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from May to August 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "YOKAI PAGODA - Cómo se juega - TUTORIAL - Juego de Mesa - unna" by unna, which runs 7 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "What’s New to BGA: Yokai Pagoda | How to play on BGA" by Digital Board Gamer.

If you like it, try Spicy, Mindbug: First Contact, KeyForge: Call of the Archons or ERA, which share several of its mechanics.

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YOKAI PAGODA - Cómo se juega - TUTORIAL - Juego de Mesa - unnaHow to play6:49

YOKAI PAGODA - Cómo se juega - TUTORIAL - Juego de Mesa - unna

unna

unna

What’s New to BGA: Yokai Pagoda | How to play on BGAReview4:40

What’s New to BGA: Yokai Pagoda | How to play on BGA

Digital Board Gamer

Digital Board Gamer

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About Yokai Pagoda

From BoardGameGeek:

A mysterious building rise over the hill, bathed with a crepuscular light. Astonished by the strange aura of the Pagoda, you decide to investigate it. Suddenly, a laugh, a shadow which is not yours and an eye with ominous pretensions turns alive. You have broken the peace of ten powerful Japanese spirits (called Yokai) who rested there! Will you find a way to calm their wrath? A game of Yokai Pagoda is played through 3 rounds, playing always one card per turn, until someone ends the current round. To play a game, you shuffle the 100 number cards (divided by 10 kinds of Yokai, numbered from 1 to 10), lay out two cards face-up to start the two discard piles, then deal seven cards to each player. Place the rest as the Pagoda deck, between the discard piles. When you play card, deal with one of the following effects: Playing the same Yokai or the same number allows you to give someone one card from your hand. With a different Yokai and a higher number you can take one random card from the deck -or- the first face-up card from the opposite dicard pile. With a different Yokai and a lower number you can go on with the round as nothing happened -or- end the current round, but only if you have a total amount of three or less points in your hands. But... you must take only into account the lowest card of each kind of Yokai you have! At that moment, everyone keeps the cards from their hand into a personal reserve. After 3 rounds, the one with less points in their reserve wins but... again you must take only into account the lowest card of each kind of Yokai you have. Try to match the balance between lose cards or keep the exact amount you need to reduce your score when other player ends the round. In Yokai Pagoda, knowing when to give a card, keep playing or end the round makes the difference!

Designer

Jacobo Rufete

Artist

Nakara Studio

Publisher

Present Is Future Games (PIF GAMES)

Categories

Abstract StrategyCard GameFantasyMythology

Mechanics

Hand ManagementTake ThatBetting & Bluffing
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