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The Day of the Dead is not entirely unlike a Mexican three-day version of our Halloween. Instead of our very commercial tradition, Dia de Los Muertos is a rather joyful period of remembering the dead. Elaborate altars of remembrance covered with photographs and food are built, and November 2 begins with a morning picnic in a cemetery filled with marigolds.
Folk tradition tells us that Animals must return to Heaven on October 31, Child ghosts must return on November 1, and the adults get to stay out late until November 2. And so each day of the event is used to remember a different group of the dead. In our game, the object is
The Day of the Dead is not entirely unlike a Mexican three-day version of our Halloween. Instead of our very commercial tradition, Dia de Los Muertos is a rather joyful period of remembering the dead. Elaborate altars of remembrance covered with photographs and food are built, and November 2 begins with a morning picnic in a cemetery filled with marigolds.
Folk tradition tells us that Animals must return to Heaven on October 31, Child ghosts must return on November 1, and the adults get to stay out late until November 2. And so each day of the event is used to remember a different group of the dead. In our game, the object is to provide food for the dead over the three days of the celebration.
Most people know the Day of the Dead through the very ornate folk art which surrounds the event. ...The game is illustrated with classic (read this as public domain, free, but much nicer than anything we could have done.) Day of the Dead engravings. ...
The Play
You've played trick taking games right? Deal out the cards, take turns playing cards with the highest one winning the trick, right? And you play with a partner, right? So what's so different about this game?
The big difference is that you do not follow suit. Instead, you can only play cards in colors that have not already been played. Combine this with a few special cards, using a small deck, and turning up discards so that EVERYONE knows exactly what has been played, and you have a game that requires very different tactics.
Even worse, as each hand progresses, you begin to learn a bit about both your partner's hand, and your opponents. Which turns the game into one requiring a bit of deduction.
The game is short, with only three hands (3 days of the celebration), lasting about 30 minutes. And while the game is designed for 4 players, a rather evil 3 player variant is included for advanced players.
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Release date: 1 January 2000
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