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If you like the movie " Mountain Everest ", you will definitely be more excited when you taste the board game K2 (K2).

 Excerpt from Wikipedia:

Chogori/Qogir is the second highest mountain in the world, second only to Mount Everest. K2 is commonly known as K2 internationally, which is also what climbers call it. Due to its remote location and steep mountain, K2 is generally considered to be one of the most difficult peaks above 8,000 meters to climb.

■ Accessories for K2

K2 is a board game that supports 1 to 5 people (yes, it can also be played by a single player). It belongs to the family game category and has a moderate difficulty level.

Each player leads his two team members (Mi Bao), one male and one female, with their own tents on the road to the top; after surviving these 18 days (rounds), the total achievement value of each team is finally compared. (The higher the altitude you have reached, the higher the achievement value, but the premise is that you must survive). Let’s see who is the best climber?

Each player will be assigned ⓪ :

• The 18 hand cards <br class="smart">are divided into action cards (green) and oxygen cards (blue) according to the color in the upper left corner.
  
  The former is used for walking or building tents . Some cards have two numbers at the same time, indicating the difference in mobility when going up/down the mountain. The latter is used to replenish the oxygen of the team members. Be careful not to let the value return to zero, otherwise (Put Mi Bao down) The player never sleeps again, becomes a road sign, and logs out of the game.
  
  
• 6 Meebles <br class="smart">Four of them (one male and one female, plus their respective tents) are used for games, and the other two are used for scoring and marking achievement values.
  
  
• 1 oxygen volume record plate <br class="smart">The initial value of the two team members is 1/1.
  

Next is the main game map, with front and back sides, corresponding to summer and winter respectively:

• Base camp ①
  The starting point, where all player teams start.
  
  
• Achievement value track ②
  Mark the highest altitude "ever visited". For example, climbing to the top is worth 10 achievement points. Going down the mountain afterwards will not affect the value, but if you die in battle (bringing down Mibao), it will only be worth 1 point.
  
  
• Hiking Trail ③
  In each circle, the flag in the upper left corner is to facilitate players to compare achievement values; the upper area represents "how much action value is consumed", and the lower area represents "how much oxygen is consumed (red)/replenished (blue)", reflecting the change in altitude. The higher you go, the more severe the terrain will be, and the more resources players will consume .
  
  In addition, there are also restrictions on the number of people allowed on hiking trails④ . Take the arrow in the picture below as an example, which indicates an area above 8,000 meters above sea level. In a game with 2 to 4 people, only one person can "stay" in each grid, but "passing through" "Unrestricted.
  

• Weather Section⑤
  In addition to terrain , oxygen consumption is also affected by weather .
  
  The game provides two sets of weather modules, good weather and bad weather modules. There are six pieces in each group, and two pieces are kept exposed as public information. That is to say, players can see the weather forecast for up to six days (rounds) to plan their course of action.
  

■ How to play K2

The description of the accessories took a lot of time, but it is actually quite (intuitively) easy to use:

1. During the card playing phase <br class="smart">Shuffle 18 cards in hand to form a card library. Each player draws 6 cards, selects 3 cards, and then everyone displays them "at the same time".
   
   
2. Risk stage <br class="smart">This stage simulates the situation when someone is too aggressive and has to swallow some bitter pills .
   
   The "Action Card" points on each player's hand are totaled (if there are two numbers on the card, count up to the mountain). If a player is alone , he must take away one of the three risk tokens, which will weaken the The value of his hand.
   
   
3. Action phase <br class="smart">Starts with the starting player, and everyone performs actions "sequentially", which is nothing more than walking, replenishing oxygen, and building a tent .
   
   Regarding building a tent, you can stand on a grid and consume an "action value" equal to the area above the grid to build a tent. There are male and female tents, and team members can only "build" the tent that matches their gender, but You can "use" two tents of the same team at will.
   
   Each hand card can only be used on "one" team member, and the hand card value "cannot" be split . Multiple hand cards can be used on the same team member; players who swallowed risk tokens in the previous stage, remember to reduce The numbers in your hand and the values ​​of risk counters "can" be freely allocated .
   
   
4. Adaptation stage <br class="smart">Everyone adjusts the oxygen amount of the two team members according to the terrain and the requirements of the weather plate.
   
   Team members staying in the tent (must belong to their own team) can recover 1 oxygen.
   
   If the adjusted value exceeds 6, it will be reduced to 6, which is probably to simulate the upper limit of each person's load; if the value is lower than 1, knock down the player's Mibao and he will die.
   
   
5. Preparation phase <br class="smart">Prepare for the next round.
   
   Pass the starting player mark "clockwise" to the next person; push the black indicator on the further weather plate, and another day (round) passes; everyone replenishes their hand cards to 6 cards . If there is not enough to replenish, they must be consumed first The last 3 cards in hand can be reset before the card library is reset to ensure that every card in hand is used.
   

■ Game report

As the green player, my strategy is to send the team to a section with an altitude of 6,000 to 7,000 meters. Let the female team member set up a tent, and then she will stay in it to "recuperate" while the male team member takes the lead and concentrates on attacking the top first to grab points.

The strategy of concentrating resources on male team members worked. I took the lead and became the player to conquer K2. However, I encountered a problem. I couldn’t go down the mountain (there are also limits on the number of people allowed on the hiking trails) . The area is 7,000 to 8,000 meters above sea level. The section was filled with other players, and they all united to "stand still" to kill me. The high altitude and the bad weather for two consecutive days made the male team members unable to withstand the large amount of oxygen consumption and fell to the ground.

Sadly, reaching the summit first does not necessarily have an advantage. From the beginning, I understood what "the dilemma" is.

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"Just do it, don't leave any regrets." The dark blue player said.

The player playing dark blue kept "motivating" everyone to reach the top, so the hesitant purple player was persuaded and pushed up, and they also slept on the top of K2.

As a result, this "spiritual mentor" only set up a tent on a trail just one step away from an altitude of 8,000 meters. After completing the escape route that professionally blocked the players going down the mountain, he withdrew his troops and left (down the mountain) . In the end, his achievement value was 12 points, which was higher than other players.

Attached is the final game result. My female team member was quite loyal. Later, she insisted on climbing up to see the "remains" of her male teammate, and finally got her wish.

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