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Mai-Star

Mai-Star

Alderac Entertainment Group · 2010
3–630 min14+ yrs1.9/5 complexity6.5 BGG#4.765 BGG1,8 K
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A card game about Japanese geisha by Seiji Kanai. Players take the roles of various geisha, and compete with the other players to win the legendary title of "Mai-Star".

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Mai-Star box art
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A card game about Japanese geisha by Seiji Kanai.

Players take the roles of various geisha, and compete with the other players to win the legendary title of "Mai-Star". Use the characters surrounding you to increase your popularity, and earn money by attracting guests, the more demanding the better. Focusing only on increasing your popularity won't earn you any money, yet failing to spread your name won't make the rich or helpful guests come your way. It's a matter of deciding which characters (cards) will help you increase your popularity and which character cards you want to attract as guests. Once a player runs out of cards, the round is over, and all cards remaining in your hand become minus points, thus depleting your hand of cards quickly is important. Only the one who has attracted the richest guests (earned the most money) after three festival nights (rounds) will be the one who deserves to carry the title of "Mai-Star".

This game's setting is same as Master Merchant.

game anatomy
Complexity1.9 / 5
BGG rating6.5 / 10
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
30 min
Players
3–6
Recommended age
14+ yrs
BGG rank
#4.765
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Q4How many players does Mai-Star support?
Mai-Star is played by 3–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Mai-Star take?
A game of Mai-Star takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Mai-Star for?
Mai-Star is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Mai-Star?
Mai-Star has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.9 out of 5.
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