High voltage (game)

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High voltage
Game data
author Maureen Hiron
graphic Antje Stephan
publishing company Amigo ,
Mercurio
Publishing year 2019
Art Card game
Teammates 2 to 6
Duration about 20 minutes
Age from 10 years on

Awards

Hochspannung is a card game by Maureen Hiron that was published by Amigo in 2019 . The game, designed as an arithmetic and filing game for 2 to 6 players aged 10 and over, was named Educational Game of the Year in the same year .

Background and game material

High Voltage is a card game with 61 cards. There is a math problem in the middle of each card (from 2 × 3 to 9 × 9) and two single-digit numbers between 0 and 9 at the corners.

Style of play

There is no starting player in the game and all players play at the same time. The cards are evenly dealt face down to all players, the last card is placed face up in the middle of the table. The players' cards remain face down and form the respective player's personal draw pile, each of whom draws four cards and takes them into hand at the beginning of the game.

In response to a start command, the players may try to discard their cards as quickly as possible onto the pile of cards in the middle. The cards must be selected to match the card currently on top and placed on it. Matching cards are cards of which one of the two corner numbers appears in the result of the open math problem. Only one card may be placed individually at a time, with the player announcing the result of the painting task aloud. However, a player may also play several matching cards one after the other on his own new tasks. The basic rule is that the fastest player to discard his card gets rid of his card, even if another player is faster at solving the task. If a player cannot discard, he may individually draw any number of cards from his draw pile.

When no more players can play on the card on display, players place their hand cards face down in front of them. Then a player draws a card from the discard pile as a new card on display and gives a start signal, whereupon all players pick up their hand cards again and continue playing.

The game ends when a player only has one card in hand and his draw pile is used up. This player puts his last card face down on the discard pile regardless of the outcome of the task and wins the game.

Combination with under tension

The game can be combined with the game Under Tension, also developed by Maureen Hiron and published by Amigo in 2016 . The cards are shuffled together and all cards are distributed evenly, one card is placed in the middle of the table as described. Each player takes six cards in hand and here too everyone tries to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible; However, depending on the card on display, either the rules of high voltage or those of low voltage apply : If the card in the middle is a high voltage card , the next card must have a corner number from the multiplication result, if it is a card off Under voltage must either be added or subtracted. Any card with the appropriate result may be discarded, regardless of the game from which it originates.

Expenses and reception

The card game Hochspannung was developed by the American game designer Maureen Hiron and was published in German by Amigo and in Spanish by Mercurio in 2019 . The English version of the addition game Under Tension was released in 2009 with the title 7 Ate 9 , on which high tension is built. Amigo released Under Tension in 2016.

In 2019, Hochspannung was awarded the Audience Award for Learning Game of the Year from the editors and readers of the magazine Familie & Co at the Stuttgart Games Fair .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Official rules of the game for high voltage , Amigo 2019 ( download ).
  2. ↑ Versions of high voltage in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
  3. ↑ Versions of 7 ate 9 / Under tension in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English); accessed on December 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ Hochspannung receives award for educational game of the year 2019 on kinderspielmagazin.de, November 28, 2019; accessed on December 29, 2019.
  5. ↑ Hochspannung receives award 'Educational Game of the Year 2019' , press release from amigo, November 29, 2019; accessed on December 29, 2019.

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