Menko

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A fox spirit called Menko abducts people and lures them into playing games. Winners of the game all say it felt "as if bewitched by a fox." A battle of deception and borrowing the fox's power raises its curtain. Menko is a game in which participants each hold a card to their forehead so they are unable to see their card, and deduce whose card will win while deceiving each other. Separate from the card on their forehead, each player receives one card in hand, which can be stacked onto their forehead card or used to increase their score. Carefully observing other participants to avoid being deceived, and sometimes deceiving them with bold plays, is the key to victory. —description from the publisher 人を連れ去り遊戯に誘う狐の妖怪「面狐」 遊戯の勝者は「狐につままれたようだった」と口を揃える。 狐の威を借る化かしあいが幕をあける。 「面狐」は、参加者が1枚ずつ札を額に当て、自分の札だけが見えない状態で誰の札が勝つのかを推理しながら化かしあいをするゲームです。額に当てる札とは別で1枚の手札を受け取り、自分の額の札に重ねたり、点数を増やすために使ったりできます。 化かされないよう他の参加者をよく観察し、時には大胆な行動で化かすことが勝負の鍵です。 —description from the publisher (Japanese)

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