Designer(s) | David Sirlin |
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Publisher(s) | Sirlin Games |
Players | 2 (with game modes that support up to 6 players)[1] |
Playing time | ~30 minutes |
Random chance | Medium |
Age range | 10 and up |
Skill(s) required | Hand management, valuation, reading one's opponent |
Yomi: Fighting Card Game (often shortened to Yomi) is a designer card game created by David Sirlin, inspired by Super Street Fighter II Turbo, which Sirlin also worked on.[2] “Yomi” is Japanese for “reading,” as in reading the mind of the opponent. The Yomi card game is designed to distill the high-level mind games from fighting game into a simple card game. It features asymmetric gameplay, and makes use of cards with multiple options.
There are two products within the Yomi series[3] series:
Additionally, there are special versions of those cards, such as the EX character cards,[4] and special edition decks, such as the G. Panda deck.[5]
Yomi, including the base set and Shadows Expansion, has been through many iterations throughout its lifetime, and is currently in its second edition.[6]
The first edition of Yomi was made available in 2011.
Yomi second edition, an update of the first edition, features:
The second edition was first made available for purchase via a Kickstarter campaign ahead of retail sale.[7]
In addition to being playable with physical cards, Yomi can be played online against human opponents or the "yomibot" AI via an iOS app, or on Steam.
Jamie Salmon writing for the Nottingham Evening Post likens a turn of Yomi to a game of rock paper scissors including aspects of "second-guessing mind games"[2]
Matt Thrower of Pocket Gamer called the mobile game "a world first in genre bending".[8] He also noted the complexity of the game.
Kelsey Rinella of Pocket Tactics noted that the breadth of characters meant the game could take a long time to master, but allowed players to choose how they approached the game, also noting it felt more like playing a fighting game than expected.[9]
Chris Carter of TouchArcade wrote: "Sirlin Games has done a great job of making sure everything’s balanced, and just playing from the base game is plenty competitive."[10]
Yomi is set within and features characters from the Fantasy Strike universe created by David Sirlin.[11]
The objective of Yomi is similar to that of competitive fighting games like Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The first player to bring their opponent to 0 hp wins.
There are 5 types of cards available:
Play is simultaneous for both players.
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