Tinco (Devir Pocket) (Spanish)

Tinco is a card game in which, as a Kung-fu apprentice, you will have to show Master Pun Chen everything you have learned. The final test consists of an epic confrontation against fearsome animal forms: fighting mantises, celestial dragons, ferocious tigers...

If you succeed, you will be rewarded with fragments of the Medallion of Concord. Will your kung-fu be enough to win?

Designed by Gustavo Barreto and Alessandro de Oliveira and with illustrations by Casa Locomotiva, the objective of the game is to collect cards with the same shape or colour and take fragments of the Medallion of Concord to climb positions in the tower of harmony.

In a game of Tinco there are no turns: everyone plays simultaneously. In order to gather a set of five cards that show the same element, be it a certain animal or colour, players will exchange cards. These are never shown, only the quantity is offered. When one of the participants gets the Tinco (a set of five cards), he or she must rush to grab one of the medallion fragments that will be on the table. The rest must pay attention to claiming the other fragments if they do not want to lose positions in the tower. After a series of rounds, whoever occupies the highest place in the tower of harmony wins the game.

With a frenetic pace, Tinco challenges us to think quickly and to pay attention to both our cards and those we pass to our rivals. Mixed in the deck is the Xi card, Discord, which no one wants in their hand because it carries negative points, so players will try to pass it to an opponent whenever they can.

With a compact format, Tinco also includes two game modes, Xing and Hong, depending on the set that you want to establish during the game (shapes or colors). In this way, the difficulty can be adapted to the game group (shapes are a little easier to play, since a little less visual acuity is required). An ideal activity to share with family and friends that will test your strength and balance. Ready to show off your best kung-fu?