Notebook Knockout

Notebook Knockout

2025

2 - 6 players
15 - 20 min

From BoardGameGeek

In this Tabletop “Card Fighter” Battle Royale, you will play various unique cards with tons of different effects in order to fight to be the last player standing. Before you get to walloping your opponents, you've got to set up your board, and plan your first move! Choose your character! There are 6 different ones, each with a unique color. Draw your arsenal! Five Action Cards should fill your hand, each containing a possible action. Know your foes ! You should have special Target Cards as well, one for each other player. Lock in! Pick an Action card and a Target card from your hand, and put them face down in front of you. The action you picked will affect the target you chose! Reaveal! All your planning comes to a head! all players flip to reveal their hidden Action and Target cards, and resolve their effects! Resolve. Action cards resolve in a special Phase order, denoted by their symbol. Types of Action Cards Attack to deal damage, Block to prevent it, or Heal to restore it ! Equip a Treasure and a Potion to bolster your strength, or weaken your enemies! Discard cards from your hand to build up a strong one! Use Magic spells that have powerful effects! Or, perform a sneaky Reveal action, that goes before everything else! Reset! After everything is resolved, everyone discards their played Action Card, and takes back their played Target Card. Be sure to draw back up to 5 Action Cards, and If there is more than one person left standing, do it all over again until there is only one player with any Health remaining, and they are crowned the Notebook Knockout Champion!

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About Notebook Knockout

From BoardGameGeek:

In this Tabletop “Card Fighter” Battle Royale, you will play various unique cards with tons of different effects in order to fight to be the last player standing. Before you get to walloping your opponents, you've got to set up your board, and plan your first move! Choose your character! There are 6 different ones, each with a unique color. Draw your arsenal! Five Action Cards should fill your hand, each containing a possible action. Know your foes ! You should have special Target Cards as well, one for each other player. Lock in! Pick an Action card and a Target card from your hand, and put them face down in front of you. The action you picked will affect the target you chose! Reaveal! All your planning comes to a head! all players flip to reveal their hidden Action and Target cards, and resolve their effects! Resolve. Action cards resolve in a special Phase order, denoted by their symbol. Types of Action Cards Attack to deal damage, Block to prevent it, or Heal to restore it ! Equip a Treasure and a Potion to bolster your strength, or weaken your enemies! Discard cards from your hand to build up a strong one! Use Magic spells that have powerful effects! Or, perform a sneaky Reveal action, that goes before everything else! Reset! After everything is resolved, everyone discards their played Action Card, and takes back their played Target Card. Be sure to draw back up to 5 Action Cards, and If there is more than one person left standing, do it all over again until there is only one player with any Health remaining, and they are crowned the Notebook Knockout Champion!

Categories

Abstract StrategyCard GameFighting

Mechanics

Hand ManagementPlayer EliminationSimultaneous Action Selection
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