The Dwarf King, that’s the one with the longest beard, has challenged humans and goblins to a tournament. Your goal: outscore your rivals across seven deals and claim the crown, even if your beard isn’t quite long enough yet.
You will find all the classic aspects of a trick-taking game, with a twist: every single deal plays by different rules.
What keeps things spicy is the deck itself. Alongside the 39 standard Court cards, one of 14 Special cards is shuffled in each deal. You never quite know which wildcard is lurking until the deal is under way.
Each deal, a special scoring rule called a Quest gets revealed and it completely reshapes what you're trying to do. The result is a game that rewards both planning and adaptability. You might be dealt a hand full of low-value cards and think you're done for, then realize the active Quest scores for exactly those values. Or you'll be sitting on a powerhouse hand only for the Quest to penalize every trick you win. The cards you're trying to collect — or avoid — shift every single round.
The Dwarf King brings you just enough tension and just enough swing to make every deal feel like a proper contest. The crown is up for grabs and we can help with thanks to the tutorial but… who's going to earn it?
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Our thanks to Bruno Faidutti, the game designer, and the good folks at Iello, the publisher, for letting us use their game on BGA. And to MathCT for doing us a good turn with this adaptation.
This was your Friday release.
No beard was shaved during the making of this article. Take care and play fair…
The Dwarf King：七局定乾坤
矮人王，就是胡子最长的那位，向人类和地精发起了一场锦标赛。你的目标：在七局牌中胜过对手，夺得王冠，哪怕你的胡子还不够长。
你会发现所有经典的吃墩游戏元素，但又有所不同：每一局游戏都遵循不同的规则。
**真正让游戏充满悬念的是牌组本身。**除了39张标准宫廷牌之外，每局游戏还会随机抽取14张特殊牌中的一张进行洗牌。不到游戏开始，你永远无法预知哪张特殊牌会潜伏其中。
每一局游戏都会揭示一条名为“任务”（Quest）的特殊计分规则，它会彻底改变你的游戏策略。**因此，这款游戏既考验策略规划能力，也考验玩家的随机应变能力。**你可能拿到一手低分牌，以为自己输定了，但随后却发现，当前任务的计分规则恰恰针对这些低分牌。或者，你可能手握一手强力牌，却因为任务规则而损失每一墩牌的分数。你需要收集或避免的牌，每一轮都会发生变化。
《The Dwarf King》 恰到好处的张力和变数，让每一局都像一次真正的交锋。王冠虚位以待，教程可以助你一臂之力，不过……谁能最终加冕呢？
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感谢游戏设计师 Bruno Faidutti 和发行商 Iello 的各位，允许我们在 BGA 上使用他们的游戏。还要感谢 MathCT 为我们提供的出色改编。
这是周五发布的版本。
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