We’ve previously featured a number of war-like card games, each with their own take on the genre. Most recently we highlighted Aura, an interesting take on the game with very abstract art and capable of supporting up to four players! BattleGoats by CardLords is an inexpensive multiplayer card battle game that combines the luck of the draw seen in a traditional game of War with memory-recognition from classic games like Concentration. The included deck of 55 cards is made up of four types – heroes, equipment, creatures and of course, goats. Each competitor is given a random hero and eight additional cards randomly dealt from the deck. These are the only cards you’ll use the entire game, the rest are returned to the box.
You will arrange your nine cards in a 3 x 3 grid with them all face-down. You can look at your cards before placing (and at any time during the game), but cannot ever move them to a new location. Many of the cards award bonuses for having cards next to/in front of/behind it, so take your time considering the most ideal configuration of your BattleGoats army.
