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Imagine you are a fearless mountaineer or climber, part of a famous climbing team. You have a contract with a major sponsor that you can only cash in if you achieve a goal: reach the summit with all the gear you need to complete your route. Traditional climbing, mountaineering, sport climbing… there's a lot of different gear for each type of activity. Get it to finish the game. But… be careful! The other players also want to achieve worldwide fame and be the first to reach the top, so you'll encounter multiple obstacles along the way.
Cordadas is a card game for 2 to 6 players full of elbowing, dead men, and adverse weather conditions that will stand between you and the summit.
The game consists of 79 cards divided into different types: activity cards, material cards, elbowing cards, help cards, dead man cards, and adverse weather cards.
The game begins by drawing activity cards which will determine the type of gear each player must gather: traditional climbing, mountaineering, or sport climbing.
The objective of the game is to place 6 material cards related to your assigned activity on the table. There are red material cards with a moon symbol in the upper right corner corresponding to Traditional Climbing, blue cards with a star in the corner corresponding to Mountaineering, yellow cards with a circle symbol corresponding to Sport Climbing, and common material cards in gray that are valid for all three activity types and can be identified by the 3 symbols at the top.
The other players will try to prevent their opponents from winning the game using elbowing cards. There are 5 types of elbowing: stealing, eliminating, and damaging materials, stealing a help card, and changing routes.
In addition, there are adverse weather cards that you can use to mess with your opponents. Fog, hurricanes, storms, scorching sun, and torrential rain will force your opponents to change their strategy.
But… in the middle of your climb to the summit, you find the body of another mountaineer whom you loot to use the useful gear she no longer needs. This is the dead man card. With it, you can repair damaged gear or protect yourself from some elbowing, such as theft or elimination of materials.
The help cards give you advantages if you have them on the table. Protection against elbowing or adverse weather, 5 cards in hand, draw +1. All of them will make your path to the summit easier.
Once one of the players collects 6 useful materials for their climbing team, the game stops, and the final count begins. Only cards on the table are scored: activity-specific material cards are worth +2 points, common material cards +1 point, help cards +1 point, and damaged material cards deduct -1 point. The player with the most points will be the first to reach the summit and the winner!
And remember, in the mountains, respect, values, and camaraderie always come first, but now… give it your all because this is a game!!
