Schotten Totten

Description

**Schotten Totten** is a two-player card game of tactical bluffing and logic where opponents vie for nine boundary stones by forming superior poker-like three-card combinations. Key mechanics include: - *Poker-like formations* Players build three-card hands in front of each of nine boundary stones. - *Stone claiming* The higher-ranking formation claims the stone for that player. - *Logical early claims* Demonstrate opponent's impossibility to win a stone before all three cards are played. - *Win conditions* Secure five stones total or any three adjacent stones. - *Tactics cards variant* Later editions like Battle Line (2000 GMT) and 2004 Schottentotten add 10 tactics cards and use cards numbered 1-10 instead of 1-9. Schotten Totten pits two players against each other across nine boundary stones, where each constructs poker-like formations of three cards per stone on their side. The player with the higher-ranking formation claims the stone outright. A distinctive logical twist allows claiming a stone prematurely by proving the opponent cannot surpass the current formation even with remaining cards. Victory is achieved by claiming any five stones or three consecutive ones. GMT's 2000 rethemed Battle Line introduces 10 tactics cards that alter gameplay, featuring cards valued 1-10 rather than 1-9, a feature also in the 2004 Schottentotten edition.