Description

???! (Kabuken!) is a battling game with the theme of a tournament of martial artists from many different countries, fighting to decide the true success of the legendary martial art "Kabuken!". The goal of the game is to be the player with the most HP at the end of the game, after player(s) are KO'd or the draw pile has been depleted a number of times.

In this game you can either replenish your hand or play 1 of 6 types of melds to attack the opponent to your left. This in turn can be raw damage taken, defended (reduced damage), or counterattacked by the defending player. Counterattacking involves playing 1-3 specific cards which cause the next clockwise player to take damage, this in turn can be counterattacked, and so on until the player that does not counterattack takes damage (and replenishes their hand).

The advanced rules of the game include personal Character Cards that have different special abilities and Special Technique Cards that have either 1-time or passive effects.

While normally this game is only playable by 2-4 players, there are 5-7 player variant rules included which retain many of the same rules, with the addition of a first KO incentive.