Gauntlet of Fools
2012
BGG Geek Rating
5.6
based on 1,159 ratings
BGG Average Rating
6.0
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BGG Ranking
#7554
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Players
2-6
Weight
1.46/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
13+
⚙️ Game Mechanics
How this game works - core systems and player actions
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📖 About This Game
Gauntlet of Fools is an adventure game of skill and fortune for 2-6 that plays in under 30 minutes. Choose your hero from hundreds of possible combinations. You'll make ridiculous boasts to get the best hero – but every boast comes at a cost. How awesome is your knight with a flaming sword after you boast that he'll fight blindfolded with a hangover?
You'll find out in the gauntlet: fifty encounters that will kill you. That's right. You will die, fool! But even a fool wants his gold, and the monsters have it. Roll a handful of dice, slay a monster, get its treasure. Die with the most gold to win the game.
The contents of Gauntlet of Fools is:
20 class cards
20 weapon cards
50 encounter cards
30 dice
30 boasts tokens (5 of each)
20 wound tokens
50 gold tokens
..1-value: 24 tokens
..5 value: 12 tokens
..10-value: 12 tokens
..25-value: 2 tokens
41 ability tokens
28 penalty tokens
30 bonus tokens
Playmat
Rulebook
Play example appendix