Schotten Totten
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{{short description|Two player card game}}
{{Infobox game
|subject_name=Schotten Totten
|image_link=250px
|image_caption=Box cover of Schotten Totten
|designer=Reiner Knizia
|publisher=Schmidt Spiele
ASS
Pro Ludo
PS-Games
Ubik
|players=2
|ages=8 and up
|setup_time= 2 minutes
|playing_time= 30 minutes
|random_chance=Medium
|skills=Strategic thought, Deduction
|footnotes=
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Schotten Totten is a card game designed by Reiner Knizia, first published in 1999. The name is a portmanteau of the German words "Schotten" (Scottish people) and "Hottentotten" (Hottentots).
Gameplay
Gameplay in Schotten Totten resembles simultaneous play of nine separate hands of poker, but where each hand has only three cards in it. There are nine "boundary" stones between players at the start of the game. Players vie to win five of the stones, or three adjacent ones, to win the game.
Other versions
In 2000, Schotten Totten was rethemed and sold under the name Battle Line (published by GMT Games) with similar gameplay, slightly altered rules (such as a player's hand size, and cards ranking from 1 to 10 in each of the six suits instead of from 1 to 9), artwork consisting of drawings of ancient soldiers (from the Macedonian and Persian cultures), and tactical cards which "introduce that random element that makes war continually surprising".{{cite journal| title=Pyramid Pick: Battle Line Card Game| url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/article.html?id=2021 | last=Walters| first=C. Andrew| date=2000-12-22| journal=Pyramid (Online)| accessdate=2008-02-17}}
The 2004 reprinting of Schotten Totten added the ten tactical cards from Battle Line, a few of them being types of wild cards and others allowing you to affect the game in some way outside of the normal rules.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/12/ars-technicas-ultimate-board-game-buyers-guide/|title=Ars Technica's ultimate board game buyer's guide|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Aaron|last2=Anderson|first2=Nate|last3=Mendelsohn|first3=Tom|publisher=Ars Technica|date=8 December 2017|access-date=12 November 2021}}
External links
- {{bgg|372|Schotten-Totten|760|Battle Line}}
Category:Card games introduced in 1999
Category:Dedicated deck card games
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