The best games where you damage your opponent but don't take them totally out of the game 2023
Looking for a really good game where you damage your opponent but don't take him out of the game? Then we have just the thing for you: the list of the best "Take that!" games 2023.
What are "Take that!" games?
Competitive maneuvers that directly attack an opponent's progress on the way to victory, but do not directly eliminate characters or components that represent the opponent. Such mechanisms include stealing, nullifying, or forcibly discarding an opponent's resources, actions, or abilities. A take-that maneuver often results in a dramatic change in the player's power position over a relatively short period of time.
Examples of games where you damage your opponent, but don't take them out of the game completely:
A good example of a Take That! game is Dominion and the many dominion-expansions. Here are some cards that can be used to actively damage the opponent, but not completely take him out of the game or throw him out. As an example, consider the following:
- Witch: Each opponent must take a curse card (this takes up space in his deck)
- Dungeon Master: The opponent must discard 2 hand cards and take a curse card
- Possession: A player controls the next move of his left neighbor
- Harlequin: All opponents discard their top card, if it is a point card they must take a curse. For all other cards, the current player decides whether he himself may take this card again from the supply, or the aggrieved player (advantageous e.g. with bad cards).
List of the best "Take that!" games 2023
Love Letter
Nominated for 14 awards and won 7.
More details for Love Letter- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!10€ at.de
Video reviews for Love Letter
Star Realms: Frontiers
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Star Realms: Frontiers- 1 - 4 Players
- 20 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Star Realms: Colony Wars
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Star Realms: Colony Wars- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Star Realms
Nominated for 10 awards and won 3.
More details for Star Realms- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Coconuts
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Coconuts- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Coconuts
Hero Realms
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Hero Realms- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Radlands
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Radlands- 2 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dune: Imperium
Nominated for 17 awards and won 5.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2022
More details for Dune: Imperium- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
🔥 Great price!40€ at.de
Unmatched: Jurassic Park – InGen vs Raptors
- 2 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Survive: Escape from Atlantis!- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
ICECOOL
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for ICECOOL
Watergate
Nominated for 9 awards and won 4.
More details for Watergate- 2 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!23€ at.de
Video reviews for Watergate
ICECOOL2
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for ICECOOL2
Coup
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Coup- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Coup
Mindbug: First Contact
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Mindbug: First Contact- 2 Players
- 15 - 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition- 4 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition
Terraforming Mars
Nominated for 27 awards and won 14.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017
More details for Terraforming Mars- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Terraforming Mars
Lords of Waterdeep
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
More details for Lords of Waterdeep- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Exploding Kittens: Party Pack
- 2 - 10 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Dungeon Mayhem
- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!13€ at.de
Dominion
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Linko!
Nominated for 7 awards and won 3.
More details for Linko!- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Virus!
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!14€ at.de
Potion Explosion
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
More details for Potion Explosion- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Potion Explosion
Dead Man's Draw
🔥 Deal: 8% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Dead Man's Draw- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!11€ at.de
Colt Express
- 2 - 6 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Pickomino
- 2 - 7 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Dice Throne: Season One
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Summoner Wars (Second Edition)
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Summoner Wars (Second Edition)- 2 Players
- 40 - 60 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Medium difficulty
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