Durian

Durian is the latest work from Masato Uesugi, game designer of “Paper Tales” and “Kaiju on the Earth”.

Players are shop clerks at a jungle fruit shop. Each person takes 1 card each and purchases some fruit, you can only see the other players cards and not your own. One card is unknown. During this, players are taking orders for fruit. There are two types of fruit on the order cards and players must choose to order one of them.

Of course eventually there will be too many orders. If you think there are too many orders ring the handbell and the manager will come over. A huge gorilla! If there are too many orders taken, the player that had the manager called on them will get reprimanded. But on the other hand, if there weren’t too many orders taken, then the person that called the manager over will get in trouble. Keep doing this until it’s game over when the manager’s anger level reaches 7. The manager’s anger level starts at 1 and goes up to 7, so if you get in trouble by a really angry manager you can lose in one shot…! The tension keeps rising! That’s not all though. There are 3 mischievous gorillas causing trouble for the players.

Packed in the usual, compact Oink Games box comes seven wooden card stands, a small handbell, and other eye-catching components. For 2-7 players, this is a game that’s a lot of fun even for small children.