The second half of the game is essentially Russian Roulette. Otherwise, cards with the same value cancel each other out, and whoever plays the highest card takes all the other remaining cards face-up in their player area. On the reveal, whoever has the highest card wins, with one twist: ones beat sixes. Each of the four turns is very simple: players select one of their hand cards to play simultaneously. Each player is dealt four cards, cards that are numbered 1-6. The new version has updated artwork and one additional rule for the back half of the game.

The game is broken into two halves-a trick-taking phase, then a game of chance.

Pan T’es Mort is a second edition of a game released 10 years ago, designed both then and now by Ludovic Barbe. She also joins any time she can drop in for something short with more players, and she had that chance recently during games of Pan T’es Mort (2023, Matagot). This is because my wife is usually the foil for any of my two-player review copies. I think she has a bright future as a member of the tabletop media, should she decide to put her mind to it. My wife is fantastic for a lot of reasons, but over the last three years, she has been fantastic-not only as a partner, mother and friend. “I know I say this a lot nowadays, but there is such a thing as a game that is too short.” Justin reviews the new card “micro game” Pan T’es Mort from Matagot!

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