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Challengers!: every award it has won

As d'Or 2023 and Spiel des Jahres 2023

Box art for Challengers!
As d'OrSpiel des Jahres

2022Johannes Krenner and Markus Slawitscheck

7.1

Rating BoardGameGeek

8,511 ratings

Players
1–8
Duration
45 min
Complexity
1.8/5Very light
Age
8+
  • Animals
  • Card Game
  • Sports

2 awards

All of its awards

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About the game

Challengers! is an interactive deck-management game for 1-8 players that plays in about 45 minutes independent of player count. With the tournament gameplay style, you meet another opponent every round.

In the Deck Phase, you choose new members and add them to your deck, which might consist of a wizard, alien, cat, gangster and kraken. 75 distinct characters with more than 40 exciting effects create a unique experience every game. Choose from six different sets and discover new strategies and synergies every game.

In the Match Phase, stay in flag possession to win the trophy of that round. Try to get the most fans and trophies over the course of seven rounds to be able to qualify for the final. If you can best your opponent in the final, you win Challengers!

(If you think that all sounds a lot like a board game adaption of a digital Autobattler, we are proud to tell you that this is the first of its kind!)

—description from the publisher

Mechanics

  • Deck Construction
  • Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
  • Finale Ending
  • Hand Management
  • Open Drafting