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2023 Ranked #8,071

Enemy Anemone

Dive into a fishy trick-taking duel where following suit is the move you are trying hardest not to make.

Card Game Animals Trick-taking

Players

2-6

Play time

20-40 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.63/5

Rating

6.60

Easier to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.3/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.8/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.5/5

Deep strategy

Player control 3.8/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 3 min
Teach time About 8 min
Table footprint Compact
Recommended edition Enemy Anemone – New Mill Industries English Second Edition
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How it plays

How does it play?

Avoid matching the led suit in a compact must-not-follow trick-taker where sea creatures, numbered cards, and scarce anemones keep every hand off balance.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Enemy Anemone turns a familiar trick-taking rule inside out: if possible, you must play a suit other than the one that was led. The deck uses a number of sea-creature suits matched to the player count, with values one through ten. Winning and losing tricks changes who must take anemone cards, and if the supply runs out the player holding the most must pass one on. The result is an interactive card game about hand shape, forced timing, and making an opponent follow the one path they hoped to avoid.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Enemy Anemone – New Mill Industries English Second Edition 2024 English New Mill Industries / US/International

Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Play time
20–40 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.6/5
Language dependence
Low
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 3 min
Teach time
About 8 min
Teardown time
About 3 min
Table footprint
Compact

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
Enemy Anemone – New Mill Industries English Second Edition
Language
English
Region
US/International
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Edition
Current edition
Yes
Consumable components
None.
Compatibility
Verified Released New Mill Industries Physical English Second Edition.
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Daniel Newman

Artists

1
Rob Turpin

Publishers

2
New Mill Industries Playte

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