Maestro Makatsu

Lightning fast game of hand management with heavy card counting. I love this type if game that is easy to teach in 3 minutes, but then halfway through everyone goes, “Oooh! NOW I get it!” :D

Another great Knizia game - plays fast, builds tension, requires making tough choices, and has a nice and fun theme. Great pick for 4-6 people for 30min.

Fun at 4 but perfect at 6. It's a handful of familiar items from the Doctor's toolkit (identical private decks, bandwagons, pain avoidance) with a cute twist where you lay away half your deck unplayed for round 2, and then a final quarter of it for round 3 -- but the penalties in those rounds ramp up as well! It's fast and funny more than it is deep, but it's also a little deep. [2 plays]

Ottimo. Oggi non è facile creare un gioco di prese originale, ma herr doktor sforna ancora. Pur essendo un filler per le regole, non è immediato e semplice come Lama. Con 4 o 5 giocatori funziona alla grande, non l'ho provato con tre, credo sia da evitare con 2.

A simple game of betting NOT to take points. Everybody has the same deck but will draw cards in a different order, of course. There is a lot of risk involved at certain points and also a bit of card counting. Because you play 2 cards every round (1 at a time) but there are three suits, you will start to see some signature Knizia wrinkles. The way the suits are imbalanced points-wise adds a bit more spice. He's though of everything. The art in the Amigo version is really fun and helps lift the game to a high level.