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“So that’s what I had in mind for the core system, even though the window dressing is more Street Fighter-ish.” “In Yomi, how attack beats throw is actually more similar to Virtua Fighter than Street Fighter,” said Sirlin, referencing the famous Sega fighting-game series. Of course, anyone who’s played Street Fighter would recognize that rock-paper-scissors relationship between offense and defense, but despite its heritage, this card game isn’t all Capcom-based. On a most basic level, an attack would beat a throw, a throw would beat a dodge or block, and a dodge or block would beat an attack.

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One of those represents the main warrior and his unique health and abilities one is for quick reference of the rules and the rest correspond to normal playing cards: four suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades) covering 2s through 10s, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces, plus two Jokers.Ībove: Yomi’s circle of life - and death.

Here, head-to-head players select characters and their accompanying decks of 56 cards. We previously covered another great tabletop translation of a fighting video game, but Yomi is quite different. “I drew a lot from Street Fighter by putting things into Yomi like dragon punches, knockdowns, slow ‘Sonic Boom into throw,’ and so on.” “I wanted to capture the interesting situations in fighting games that I knew all about from being a tournament player,” said Sirlin.

Although he has left video games and Big Publishing behind, he hasn’t forgotten his roots.

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Sirlin was a former pro player and used to work at publisher Capcom Entertainment as the lead designer on Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. MetaBeat will bring together thought leaders to give guidance on how metaverse technology will transform the way all industries communicate and do business on October 4 in San Francisco, CA.ĭon’t tell us that he doesn’t enjoy an occasional trip to Las Vegas.īut fighting games are his true love. And he also made Puzzle Strike, which uses casino-style chips instead of cards (and was the inaugural title in our tabletop-gaming series). (“Let’s hope I make it all back somehow!” he told GamesBeat.) He created Pandante, which is essentially poker with amped-up bluffing. He writes too many checks to make his products look good, spending close to six digits for gorgeous artwork on the latest version of the game we’re writing about here and another, unreleased one. For the time being, he barely breaks even - the board-game biz isn’t the most lucrative - pouring his profits back into his next release. He unplugged and quit the multibillion-dollar video game industry to make tabletop entertainment. I’d bet designer David Sirlin is a gambling man.

Noteworthy: Sirlin Games’ Puzzle Strike, Flash Duel, and Yomi all star the same characters in this company’s Fantasy Strike universe.

Plus, each card tells you what you can play next, so you rarely need to refer back to the instructions. Because character decks are based on normal playing cards (four suits: 2-10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace), they’re easy for anyone to relate to. Try the online version for a hands-on tutorial. They’re a little tricky to grasp at first, especially when learning the combo system.

To learn: You can find the latest rules here.

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Cost: $12-14 per character deck, $100 for the 10-deck Complete First Edition (or free to $4 for print-and-play decks).

# of players: 2 (solo, 2-vs-2, and 1-vs-2 variants are available).

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