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Yomi

A two-player card duel that plays like a fighting game: read your opponent, chain combos and outguess them.

Designer
David Sirlin
Published by
Sirlin Games

Yomi is a card game that plays like a fighting game. Two players pick from ten characters, each with their own deck, abilities and style, and then try to read each other's minds. The word yomi is Japanese for reading, as in reading your opponent. Each round you choose an attack, a throw or a block, a bit like rock-paper-scissors with combos, and you have to judge how a card is worth more or less from one situation to the next. The decks double as regular decks of playing cards with the full art of 120 character illustrations. If you ever wanted to play a panda in a card duel, this is the spot. A 2011 duel for two, about half an hour.

Ten characters with their own decksRock-paper-scissors core with combosDecks double as regular playing cards

Who it's for

You love fighting games or reading people, and you have a regular opponent for a series of duels.

Not for you if…

You want a group game or you dislike bluffing and guessing.

Vibe's take

Intense, psychological and fast. Every round is a guessing game that feels like a fighting-game exchange, with combos for the moments you guess right.

#2,108 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2011 · 15 years ago

older than 75% of games

In 3,084 collections

collected more than 42% of games

2 players · ages 10+

Best with 2

about 30 min

shorter than 69% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round · 2.4 out of 5 · heavier than 65%

Opinions: divided

Some love it, others really don’t

Language: some text

Text on cards or in the rules

Play style: competitive