In the game, cards are played face down so that you can cheat when you announce your card. That said, this clever card game isn't just about bluffing for you can almost always play a card that is at least half right if you cleverly play your hand. This means tactically deciding which card to use to get through: Do I play a "Pepper 10" or a color wild on a "Wasabi 9" and declare it a "Wasabi 10"? Or do I better pass because surely someone has noticed me thinking for so long now?
Spicy contains six game-variant cards, but even without these a high replayability is guaranteed.
For 2020, designer Nikolay Zolotarev and publisher Hobby World are giving players another take on scissor-driven gameplay in Cutterland, with 2-4 players taking an "I cut, you choose" approach in this territory-building game. An overview:
Cutterland is an innovative strategy board game in which you get to cut the cards — literally cut them into pieces and compete to create your own fabulous lands. You will divide the cards, distribute the pieces between the players, and score victory points for the creatures inhabiting your land. Whoever has the most attractive land at the end of the game wins!
Cutterland includes a mode in which you can play with the cut-up pieces, and two "recharge" packs will be available for the game: "Classics", which contains the base set of cards, and "Mashroom", which features a new creature of the same name!
We'll record a video overview of this at Spielwarenmesse 2020, but for now I can share only this description: