Lego Ninjago Trading Card Game: Master of Spinjitzu (2016)

About this game

Trading Card Game based on the LEGO Ninjago franchise. Two players select decks from a card pool of 180 character, action and vehicle cards and face off each other. Offers a basic and advanced rules. Gameplay consists of players alternately placing one character on a playing field containing 3x3 spaces (base game) or 4x4 spaces (advanced game). Character cards feature numerical values on each of the four card edges. After a character is placed next to at least one opponent's character, one or more duels are fought by comparing adjacent numerical values. The character with the higher value wins the duel, and the losing character is turned by 180°, indicating a change of control. Action and vehicle cards provide boosts to character stats or have other effects. The game ends when all spaces of the playing field are filled with a character, and the player who controls the majority of characters wins. Game is sold in booster packs containing 5 cards.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 2 players — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. At 1.8/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 6 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.