lj games club – Srečanje 16 Novi poker

11. marec ob 18:00 v Knjigarni MSUM

“Poker je trenutno zelo dolgočasen, saj je optimalna igra zelo dolgočasna. Veliko časa je treba samo odstopati. Ko sem se prvič začel ukvarjati s pokrom, je bil tako vznemerljiv in razburljiv, na primer pri kombinacijah, ki jih sestaviš, situacijah, v katerih se znajdejo igralci. In mislim, da ima Balatro v sebi enako čarobnost, ki je pri pravem pokru že dolgo ni bilo čutiti.” - Profesionalni igralec pokra Ken Cheng v intervjuju za GamesRadar

Na našem naslednjem srečanju, ki bo potekalo 11. marca v prostorih MSUM, bomo igrali lanskega ljubljenčka neodvisnih iger Balatro. Igra je opredeljena kot pokru podoben “roguelike deckbuilder”, v katerem igralec uporablja pokerske kobinacije in pridobiva žetone za premogavanje sovražnikovih blindov. Zasnovana je na kantonski igri s kartami Big Two, ki igralcem omogoča, da s pokerskimi kombinacijami nabirajo točke.

Balatro je znan po svojem zasvojljivem sistemu točkovanja, ki vključuje posebne Joker karte za modificiranje igrinih pravil, in ki ustvarja posebno vznemirjenje ob naraščanju številk. Na srečanju bomo preučili mehanike igre, da ugotovimo, zakaj je igra tako privlačna, in jo uporabili kot izhodišče za razpravo o igrah s kartami na splošno. Balatro je mogoče igrati več sto ur, vendar igra od igralcev ne zahteva veliko časa. Posamezna seansa običajno traja od 15 do 30 minut. Priporočeno je, da vsak igralec preigra nekaj seans in preizkusi različne kombinacije Joker kart.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

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ENGLISH

“Poker right now is very boring, because optimal play is very boring. It’s just folding a lot of the time. When I first got into poker, it was so exciting and so riveting, like the hands you make, the situation players get. And I think Balatro has that same kind of magic to it, that hasn’t really been felt with real poker for a long time.” - Professional poker player Ken Cheng in an interview for GamesRadar

For our next session, which will take place on the 11th of March in the spaces of MSUM, we will be playing last year’s indie darling Balatro. Balatro is a poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder where you play poker hands and earn chips to defeat enemy blinds. It is based on the Cantonese card game Big Two, which lets players score poker-styled hands for points.

Balatro is known for its addictive scoring system, which integrates special rule-modifying Joker-cards and which gives the game its unique ‘numbers-go-up’ thrill. We will examine Balatro’s mechanics to explore what makes the game so compelling and use the game as a jumping-off point for discussing card games more generally. Balatro can be played for hundreds of hours, but the game does not demand a lot of time from its players. A single session usually lasts from 15 to 30 minutes. Each player should try the game out for a few sessions and try different joker combinations.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

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