Board Game

Asterix: Das Kartenspiel

Released 1990 / 2-5 players / 30-30 min / Ages 8+

Also known as Asterix: The Card Game

Designer: David Parlett

Artist: René Goscinny

Publisher: F.X. Schmid, Spear's Games

Asterix: Das Kartenspiel cover art

Description

The year is 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely... A simple card game themed on the famous comic graphic novels, with indomitable Gauls bashing unfortunate Romans. Players have a set of cards (Asterix, Obelix, Getafix, Cacofonix & Vitalstatistix) numbered 1 to 10, each card having a different combination of 1-4 magic potions to act as a tie-break. A deck of 55 Roman soldiers, ranging from the cook to Crismus Bonus & Julius himself, are competed for in turn. A scoring card is shown, players select their Gaul cards and show them together, highest wins the Roman and discards their winning card. The other players return their cards to their hands to fight again. There are also Pirate cards which reduce your winnings and Dogmatix cards which allow the players to draw from the deck and either keep the card themselves or pass it onto another player. The rank of the Roman increases your score, but combinations of the same rank are worth much more.

Re-implemented by:

The Gnumies


Game at a glance

Year published
1990
Players
2–5
Play time
30 minutes
Listed playing time
30 minutes
Minimum age
8+

Categories (3)

  • Bluffing
  • Card Game
  • Comic Book / Strip

Mechanics (1)

  • Simultaneous Action Selection
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