![]() The cards are easy to glean information from with most using standard symbols to quickly let the player know what they can do and a healthy amount of variety in even just the base game means its going to give you alot for your money out the gate and even more with each expansion you add. Tanto Cuore is LTG’s choice to introduce new players to deck-building as the combos are easy to build and the theme is pretty fun and usually gets the table laughing and telling jokes as we try our best to one up each others stable of maids. each maid is themed to a different genre/type/silly reference and it makes playing new maids in a game or just discovering your favorites a treat as it invokes the best of the ‘waifu/husbando’ culture once you’ve found your maid of choice and seek them our in future games.Ī standard game layout (this one using the suggested maids for the first core game) easily the first thing most players will notice once you bring it to the table is the bright colors, the beautiful artwork from some of japan’s best artists as well as the clean presentation as you have all the lovely maids, and handsome butlers on display right in the center of the table. It wouldn’t be proper to ignore the absolutely gorgeous art design in Tanto Cuore either. adding plenty of new maids as well as a healthy amount of attractive butlers the mechanic introduced allows you to create maid and butler couples through an advanced courting ritual between your trusty maids/butlers and a rival’s staff all in the cool backdrop of winter romance. Looking out for those Otome’s out there Tanto Cuore recently added a Butler expansion with all the cute guys to wait on your every need. There is very little downtime between hands and this makes the experience engaging as well as extremely tactical as you try to build the best combos into your deck before two of the available maids have been completely scooped up and ending the game. Turns in Tanto Cuore are quick and exciting with some maids offering benefits for the whole table and others taking quick jabs at one or more master’s. Romantic Vacation sees the maids of the house don fetching swimsuits and the main mechanic in that expansion is romantic dates and activites around the scenic island local (each of which requiring different combos of maids and offering a variety of effects and victory points). As an example in the core game the main mechanics are Bad Habits (cards you can play to rival’s bedchambers and lower their end game score), Illness (which hamper individual maids in the bedchamber taking away their benefits and end game points) as well as Private Maids which serve as game altering effects either as one offs or every turn. with lots of maids to choose from and each expansion offering a new theme and central gimmick to explore no one game has to be the same. The biggest strength in Tanto Cuore’s formula comes in the opportunity for variety in each game. ![]() Love cards, the currency used to buy maid’s and the core game’s bad habit and illness cards. The synergy you can create with your deck comes quickly with even the first few maids rapidly expanding your options every turn, and thus getting you closer to ‘chambering’ those valuable chambermaids and being the best Master of the house. Most maids are used to perform combos by generating more love, more service (the currency for playing additional maids) and drawing cards. ![]() Not all maids are created equal and as such not every maid in the town’s market will be used to gain points in your bedchamber. In a typical deck-building fashion your deck consists of money cards known as ‘Love’ and chambermaid’s who you want to ‘score’ into your bedchamber for end of game tallying. The premise at first glance seems lewd and suggestive but the game stays firmly PG-13 in its execution and leans more toward the goofy romantic comedy, and harem genres of anime than anything more adult. Taking ques from dating sims and comical romantic comedy anime, Tanto Cuore transports the players right into the main characters shoes as they gather love to persuade maids into their house and ultimately to their bedchamber all the while teaching your rival’s maids bad habits and causing them to get sick. Tanto Cuore is a whimsical deckbuilding game about being the master of a house full of maids. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.” “Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. Game Type: Deckbuilding Genre: Maid Anime Rom-Com Number of Players: 2-4 Playtime: 45-60 minutes The collector’s box prior to Winter Romance’s release.
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