[Quiet Man Cometh]

Haven't heard of that one.

Keeping with the card game theme, this is one of my favourite games in general:

20. Citadels (Fantasy Flight)

A European import, the premise of the game is fairly simple. There are eight character cards (without the expansions) and each round the players (anywhere from two to eight) selects their character role (in secret) for that turn. The roles determine turn order and what each player can do that turn. The object is to be the first to build eight buildings.

Rules are easy enough. For example, the Assassin always goes first, and can kill any other character, meaning that character's player loses their turn. The thief always goes second and can steal 2 gold from any character except the assassin (because the assassin's player is already known). Character selection starts with the King player (4th in turn order) even if the king was assassinated.

Strategy gets intense when deciding which character to pick, or trying to figure out who picked who. For instance, you can tell who the people in front of you in selection order picked by seeing which character cards are missing, as well as who the characters are that you are passing down the line, so you always have some basic info for guessing who's who. In the full eight player game, the second and second to last people to select characters always know who at least one person is.

Since the point of the game is to build, there are characters that can destroy buildings or allow you to build extra buildings. The Warlord goes last and can destroy any one building. The Bishop's only ability is to defend a player's buildings from the Warlord. A player about to win will likely pick the Bishop to avoid losing the building. However, that does them no good if the Assassin player decides to kill the Bishop, perhaps having guessed that's the character the winning player had.

It's a very fun for people who like brainy games.


Oh, and a note on Cards Against Humanity: apparently Apples to Apples is the G-rated equivalent.