In Puzzle Strike players crash gems at each other in an attempt to give their opponent a bunch of gems. If you have 10 gems at the end of your turn you lose. It's a card game where the cards are replaced with chips (which look and feel like pogs - a big plus!).
The coolest part of puzzle strike is its dynamic deck creation; instead of collecting chips and spending hundreds of dollars at your local nerd store, each game has a different set of chips to choose from and you buy those chips continually each turn. So not only does the player have to strategically play chips in response to their opponent's actions, they also have to strategically construct their deck to counter their opponent's deck and bolster their own strategy. This obviously paves the way for a lot of important decision making which is what makes competitive games so fun. That being said, the rules themselves are simple enough for a lot of people to get into it...so get into it!
In general, I have very few complaints about the game; I wish there was more room for all characters to use red banner and blue banner chips, and I wish that blue banner chips were a little more powerful than they are currently. I need to play with more disruption type characters in order to find out the advantages and disadvantages of the blue and red banner chips because, playing as Rook, I can almost never justify buying a blue or red instead of a combine or crash (Read the rules to understand the differences between chips).
After going through a handful of miss boardgames this month(Warhammer 40k the card game...), I'm happy to have found Puzzle Strike as a hit. I'd like to see Puzzle Strike gain some popularity so that more content is made and a tournament scene can be developed. It's a truly fun and well designed game so please check it out and spread the word.
Cheers,
Josh Scorca
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