The last shall be first... Make sure to be the last!!! Pan t'es Mort is back with a new edition, improved artworks and a new mechanism: The "double draw". The game is separated into two phases. Phase one is a trick-taking game with simultaneous card selection. First we check for ties. The tie numbers are gone and then the highest card wins. Cards are 1 to 6. Four times per card. If after the first check we have a 1 card and a 6, then the 1 card wins the trick. So now all keep the winning trick cards and we are ready for phase 2. Phase 2 is Russian roulette, a game of chance. We have 6 cards (bullet cards) in the middle of the table, as a revolver. 5 "Clic" cards and one with a bullet... On your turn (beginning with the player with the most cards from phase one): You can draw a card (pull the trigger) or you can discard one card from that you collect before, to shuffle all open bullet cards back together and then draw one, you just spin the cylinder of the revolver, (no point to do it if you have to draw the first bullet) or you can discard as many cards as alive players in the game to pass your turn to the next player. Finally, you can also choose to reveal two consecutive open bullet cards: If you survive, you'll be able to steal cards from other players! When you draw we check if you die or live from the bullet card. If you stay alive the game continues to the next player. If you die we shuffle the bullet cards and continue with the player with most cards. Last man standing is the winner. —description from the publisher
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3+ PLAYERS: 1. Shuffle all 24 character cards and deal 4 face-down character cards to each player. 2. Set aside any character cards not dealt. 3. Shuffle all 6 gun cards into a face-down pile and place it at the center of the table. 2 PLAYERS: 1. Deal 4 face-down character cards to each of the 2 players. 2. Also deal 4 face-down character cards to a "ghost" player (a virtual third participant). 3. Shuffle all 6 gun cards into a face-down pile and place it at the center of the table.
The game is played in two repeating steps: FIRST STEP – Trick-Taking Phase: All players simultaneously choose one character card from their hand and place it face-down on the table. All cards are then revealed simultaneously. Cards of the same value cancel each other out — players who played tied values do not win anything. The player who played the highest unique value wins all cards in play and places them face-up in front of them. '1' beats '6' (special rule). Repeat until all players have emptied their hands. SECOND STEP – Risk-Taking Phase (clockwise order): The first player is whoever has the most face-up character cards (ties broken by highest total value, then most '6's, then most '5's, etc.). On their turn, each player must choose one action: A) Flip the top gun card of the pile. B) Discard one of their face-up character cards to shuffle ALL gun cards into a new face-down pile, then flip the top card. C) Discard as many face-up character cards as there are active players — this lets the player skip their turn entirely. D) (Only if they have no face-up cards left) Attempt a "Double CLIC": flip the top gun card; if it's a CLIC, optionally flip a second card; if both are CLICs, take face-up character cards from other players equal to the number of active players. When a player flips a gun card: - "CLIC": nothing happens; the next player in turn order must flip the top gun card (unless that player also attempts a Double CLIC). - "PAN T'EST MORT": the flipping player is eliminated. A new turn order is determined, all gun cards are reshuffled, and the Second Step continues.
Last player standing — no points are tracked. Players are eliminated one by one when they flip the 'PAN T'EST MORT' gun card. The sole survivor wins. Target score: Be the last player not eliminated Scoring sources: Survival — outlasting all other players
Source: Rulebook
The most useful rules for getting a first game right.
In a 3+ player game, shuffle all 24 character cards and deal 4 face-down cards to each player. Any character cards not dealt are set aside and not used. The gun cards are shuffled into a face-down pile placed at the center of the table.
In a 2-player game, deal 4 face-down character cards to each of the two real players, and an additional 4 face-down character cards to a 'ghost' player — a virtual third participant. The ghost player's cards are interacted with during the First Step only.
During the First Step (Trick-Taking Phase), each player simultaneously selects one character card from their hand and places it face-down on the table. Once all players have chosen, all cards are revealed at the same time. This continues until all players have no character cards remaining in their hand.
If at least two players play cards of the same value, those cards (and the players who played them) are excluded from winning that trick. Only cards with a unique value among all played cards are eligible to win. If all played cards share the same value, no one wins and all cards are discarded.
After cancellation of tied cards, the player who played the highest remaining (unique) value wins the trick. That player collects all cards that were played in that round (including cancelled ones) and places them face-up in front of them. The special rule is that '1' beats '6'.
The card with value '1' has special priority and beats the card with value '6'. In all other respects, higher numeric value beats lower. So the ranking from strongest to weakest is: 1, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
Character cards won during the First Step are placed face-up in front of the winning player. In the Second Step, these face-up cards are the player's resource: they can be discarded to trigger special actions. Having more face-up cards also determines turn order in the Second Step.
The first player in the Second Step is the one with the most face-up character cards. In case of a tie in card count, the player with the highest total combined value of their face-up cards goes first. If still tied, the player with the most '6' cards goes first, then the most '5' cards, and so on. If there is still a tie after all tiebreakers, players decide among themselves who starts.
Discarding a face-up card to reshuffle the gun pile (Action B) is most valuable when several CLICs have already been flipped, making PAN T'EST MORT more likely on upcoming turns. Resetting the pile statistically 'buries' the lethal card back among five CLICs, giving you the safest possible flip immediately after the reshuffle.
Having the most face-up character cards makes you go first in the Second Step. Going first means you flip the gun before others, when PAN T'EST MORT is least likely (it's 1-in-6 at the start). Prioritize winning tricks to control your position in the Second Step.
Discarding cards equal to active players to skip your turn is expensive but can be life-saving when the gun pile is 'hot' (most CLICs have been flipped). Carefully count remaining CLICs to decide if skipping is worth the card cost.
A player with no face-up cards is not necessarily doomed. A successful Double CLIC refills their hand from opponents, potentially stealing cards from the leader. However, the Double CLIC carries double the risk — two chances to hit PAN T'EST MORT in a single turn.
Since '1' beats '6' and is the most powerful card, multiple players holding and playing '1' simultaneously will cancel each other out. In a large game, consider whether using your '1' is likely to be cancelled before committing it.
In the 2-player game, the duty of revealing a ghost card rotates. When it's your turn to choose the ghost's card, you can influence the trick outcome by picking a ghost card that cancels your opponent's likely play or boosts your own winning chances — though the ghost's cards are face-down, so this involves memory and deduction.
No. After the first CLIC in a Double CLIC attempt, flipping the second card is optional ('if they wish to do so'). The player may choose to stop after the first CLIC and simply pass the turn.
Yes. Whether the PAN T'EST MORT appears on the first or second flip of a Double CLIC attempt, the player is immediately eliminated, just as with any other gun flip.
Yes. The discard happens as the cost of the action (reshuffling the pile). The player then must flip the top card. If it's PAN T'EST MORT, they are eliminated. Both the discard and the elimination stand.
All cards cancel each other out. No player wins the trick. All played cards are discarded (removed from the game). No one gains any face-up cards from this trick.
'1' beats '6'. The player who played '1' wins the trick (assuming no other unique card of higher effective rank is in play — and since '1' is the highest, that player wins). All played cards go to the '1' player.
No. The skip action requires discarding a number of face-up cards equal to the number of active players. If the player doesn't have enough face-up cards, they cannot perform this action. They must either flip a gun card or, if they have no face-up cards at all, attempt a Double CLIC.
The next player in turn order must flip the top gun card — this is the direct consequence of a CLIC result. However, if that next player has no face-up character cards, they may instead attempt a Double CLIC (which starts with flipping the top gun card anyway). They cannot use the discard-to-reshuffle or skip actions as a way to avoid the forced flip caused by the previous CLIC.
The rulebook states the rules for winning a trick are the same in the 2-player game, but the ghost player does not participate in the Second Step. Cards won by the ghost are implicitly not awarded to any active player — they are set aside with the ghost's hand. Neither real player benefits from a ghost-winning trick.
Yes. The player taking cards during a Double CLIC may freely choose how to distribute the taking among opponents — taking all cards from one player is valid, as long as the total taken does not exceed the number of active players (or the total available if opponents have fewer cards combined).
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