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Karmaka box-art illustration by Marco Bucci
Unboxed game components all laid out (ks edition)
Karmaka's Karmic Ladder - art by Lane Brown
Karmaka banner from karmaka-game.com
Green Cards
Two cards from Karmaka -- Dilemma and Recycle.
Setup for a 3p game of Karmaka
My replacements for the Karmic Ring tokens. Gold finish metal rings.
Mosaic Cards
Transcending Meditating Meeples

Karmaka (2016)

Players
2–4
Best: 2, 3
Playing time
25–60 min
Age
13+
6.51
Average rating
2,182
Ratings
1.94/5
Weight
#3660
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:卡瑪卡
Designer:Dave Burke, Eddy Boxerman
Artist:Scott Nicely, Lane Brown, Dave Burke, Eddy Boxerman, Marco Bucci
Publisher:Chronicle Books +4 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 3.9, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity3.9
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

From the creators of Osmos comes Karmaka, a competitive card game that plays out over multiple lives.

Karmaka is a tactical card game set in a karmic universe. Players begin the game as lowly Dung Beetles. In life after life (hand after hand) they climb their way up the Karmic Ladder, racing to see who will achieve Transcendence first! During each of your lives you'll be working towards three ends:

Score enough points to climb the Ladder and keep up with your rivals. Stash a good selection of cards to your Future Life. This will become your opening hand next life. Play cards for their abilities to help yourself or to hinder others.

But what goes around comes around. A key tension in Karmaka is that after playing a card for its ability, a rival may take the card into their Future Life. Your actions may come back to haunt you in the next life...

Score points to ascend while sowing the seeds of your next life, and – if necessary – sabotage your rivals. But remember, what goes around comes around, and your actions have consequences in this life...and the next.

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