Balatro-Variante als Brettspiel

Mehr zufällig stolperten wir in Essen über Trash-Poker. Und zu dem Zeitpunkt kannte ich Balatro noch gar nicht, von dem es deutlich inspiriert wurde.

Wir pokern. Aber die Regeln sind schon anders. Jeder Spieler hat sein eigenes Kartendeck, das wir mit weiteren Karten verbessern können. Wir geben aber auch Karten in den Trash ab, was später Bonuspunkte bringt und das Deck entmistet. Und so kann man schon mal mehr als vier Könige und mehr Handkarten als die anderen haben.

Die Komplexität baut sich hierbei langsam auf, die erste Runde ist noch fast eine normale Pokerrunde. Aber dann kommen Joker ins Spiel oder man kann z.B. Kreuz und Pik als eine Farbe für Flash-Zusatzpunkte nutzen. Nach jeder der acht Runden wird gezählt, wer mit seinem Blatt am meisten Punkte gemacht hat. Und da kommen zum ausgespielten Blatt Extrapunkte hinzu, falls dieses noch zeitgleich ein Flush ist oder man entsprechende Zusatzpunkte in seinem Tableau freigespielt hat. Die besten Spieler bekommen dann Siegpunkte (Pokerchips).
Hört sich komplex an, ist es zu Beginn auch.

Fazit:

Nach GAP hat Frank Noack nun sein zweites Spiel veröffentlicht. Auch wenn im Rahmen seiner Spiele-Offensive viel Mittelmäßigkeit im Angebot ist, konnte die Pokervariante überzeugen. Der Einstieg ist sicher herausfordernd, denn die Abhängigkeiten der gespielten Karten und der Karten im Trash werden wild, für Einsteiger komplex. Wer ein Pokerspiel sucht, wird hier vielleicht enttäuscht. Aber ich hätte Lust auf eine weitere Runde.

Hervorzuheben ist das Layout, das durch die Flecken, aufgemalten Erdnüssen und den unterschiedlich designten Kartensets sehr gut gelungen ist.

Stubenscore: 7,7 / 10

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