Tussie Mussie cover
2019BGG rank #1,455

Tussie Mussie

by Elizabeth Hargrave · Button Shy

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Players2–4
Time20–30m
ComplexityLight
Age8+

About the game

What is Tussie Mussie?

Tussie mussies exemplified the Victorian custom of assigning meaning to the flowers that friends and lovers exchanged. Inspired by the ideals of elegance and discretion, these bouquets were carefully made to convey subtle messages to their recipients. Now you can choose the right flowers to make a winning tussie mussie of your own! Tussie-Mussie is based on a Victorian fad that assigned meanings to the flowers that friends and lovers exchanged. Featuring I-Divide-You-Choose drafting, this microgame of 18 cards is played over three rounds. In turn, players look at the top two cards of the deck, then offer them, one face-up and one facedown, to an opponent. That opponent takes one, leaving the other for the active player. A round ends when each player has four cards, at which point the scores are tallied. The highest score after three rounds wins! —description from the designer

How it plays

Mechanics

I Cut, You ChooseOpen DraftingSet Collection

On the shelf

Categories

Card GamePrint & Play

Questions players ask

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