Description
Becoming a chunin is not easy. Naruto: Chunin Exam Sprint is a family game based on the Naruto animated series, in which you roll a die to race through the Chunin Exam, search for hidden tokens and collect jutsu cards for the final fight in the arena. The player who is the last one left in the arena with cards in hand wins.
How to play Naruto: Chunin Exam Sprint
On your turn you roll the die and move along a path of your own choosing. You can also stop early and flip a hidden token. In the first stage you look for a cheat sheet for the written exam, and in the second, in the Forest of Death, for the Heaven and Earth scrolls. The Kakashi token gives you another roll, the kunai moves another player back, and the cloud brings you a new jutsu card. You can also steal the token you are looking for from another player if you land exactly on them.
The first player to reach the final with a jutsu card starts the tournament: they take four more cards, while everyone else randomly discards two. In the arena, everyone places a card at the same time on “three, two, one”. The strongest card takes all the others, but goes to the discard pile itself. When cards are equal, the player who grabs the opponent's card first wins.
Why you will like it
- Everyone plays with their own character and their own deck of jutsu cards.
- You can steal tokens from others, so nobody is ever completely safe.
- If you reach the final first, you get four extra cards, so the race pays off.
- The arena battle is fast and tense, as everyone places their cards at the same time.
Who is Naruto: Chunin Exam Sprint for
The game is for two to four players aged 8 and up, and a game takes about 20 minutes. The rules are simple, so it suits families and Naruto fans. This edition comes with Slovenian rules.
What you might not like
Movement is decided by the die, and players steal tokens from each other and get knocked out of the game. So it may not be the best fit for those who prefer games without take-that and player elimination.
What's in the box
- game board
- 4 figures
- 4 character card sets
- 40 tokens
- die
- rules
