Each player will also need space to represent thier mansion. The set up is card layout in the center for all players to reach which is called “Town”. The two event cards are “Bad Habits” and “Illness”. The Event cards will affect the maids of other players mansions. The Love cards are used to employ new maids to your mansion. These cards affect game play of your duties as “Master of The House”. The game has 3 different types of Love cards and 2 different event cards. The General Maids take care of the main parts of your mansion, Maid Chiefs are the lead maids to make sure the work is done, and Private Maids take care of your private rooms. Card feature 16 different General Maids, 2 different Maid Chiefs and 10 different Private Maids. The cards artwork is tastful and cute that appeal to both sexes. The cards are illustrated by famous Japanese Illustrators with cute maids to care for your mansion. This is a fun Deck Building game based upon the cute Maids from Japanese Animation. But if you love both, or are just starting out in the deck-building genre, this is definitely a game to seek out. It’s not an exact reskin, per se, as the addition of the “Private Maid” mechanic provides a unique tactical twist, but the bottom-line is that, if you already have Dominion and the anime theme doesn’t interest you, you’ll probably want to skip this one. I’ll reiterate: those who like Dominion will find that much is the same in Tanto Cuore, gameplay-wise. But once I understood the rules I found them surprisingly easy to follow. My only complaint with this game has to do with the rulebook, as it is poorly laid-out in places, and as someone who had had only limited experience with deck-building games prior to Tanto Cuore, I found it took a while to muddle through. Unlike collectible card games like Magic: The Gathering, the deck-building actually takes place during the game, meaning that everyone has access to the exact same pool of cards, which provides a pleasant change of pace for dedicated CCG players.įor those who find Dominion‘s gameplay too non-interactive for their tastes, Tanto Cuore offers a refreshing offensive option in the form of Illnesses and Bad Habits, which are bought at an opposing player’s expense, either to nullify the effect provided by his Private Maid (a special type of maid who remains permanently on the table once played), or reduce his final score at the conclusion of the game. For those who are unfamiliar with deck-building games, the concept is simple: Starting with a small and mediocre stack of cards, and using a resource found on the cards themselves, one’s goal is to “purchase” larger and better cards from a communal set in order to form a winning deck. As an anime fan myself, I’ll admit that the theme weighed heavily in my decision to pick up this game, but it’s the gameplay, not the pretty pictures, that keeps this from ever remaining in my closet very long.Īs for the game itself, Tanto Cuore is a deck-building game that plays very similar to Dominion. Fans of “harem” animation will be invariably drawn to the high quality artwork in Tanto Cuore (which means “Much Heart” in Italian), as it consists entirely of original characters in frilly maid costumes.
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