PatimPatamPatum
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We offer a special majorities game for 3, 4 or 5 players, whose scenario is the popular and traditional festival of "La Patum" in the Catalan city of Berga, near the Pyrenees. The festival was recently declared "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by the UNESCO, a celebration in which pagan and christian traditions became completely intertwined (you'll find more info in the links section). The game does not intend to faithfully reproduce the festival, just be a funny competition among the players where all the main characters play a role.
Game description
In the box game you'll find a board representing the old quarter of Berga, 95 cards and 75 counters which represent the patumaires (i.e. those participating in the festival).
Each player represents a group of patumaires participating in the festival, and he or she should lead his or her patumaires through the old city streets, trying to reach the special squares where the festival is held. The final aim of the players is to gather the maximum number of patumaires in these squares at the end of each round. But there is a problem: the squares are pretty small and there is no room for everybody. If the squares are full you'll have to manage as best as you can in order to throw out some competitor, while trying to keep there your own patumaires. To help you in this task you should use wisely the various popular characters of the festival: some ones will help you in reaching the squares, some others will help you in defending yourself from the other players' pushes.
The game has three rounds and each player can use his cards to move the patumaires as well as the character cards, which allows some special, and sort of magical, action. At the end of each round the players obtain points by their mere presence in the square and, in some cases, even more points by having a majority there. You'll have to maintain always an equilibrium in your cards: will you spend your cards mainly for trying to reach all the places or better keep the highest card for defending against your competitor's pushes? Will you spend that 6-valued card for his movement value or for his character's special action?
Downloads
Original rules in A4 layout:
- In catalan (pdf, 2.5 MB)
- In spanish (pdf, 2.5 MB)
- In english (pdf, 5.8 MB)
- In french (pdf, 4.6 MB)
- In basque (pdf, 4.4 MB)
Alternate rule for the initial setup:
- In catalan (pdf, 455 kB)
- In spanish (pdf, 461 kB)
- In english (pdf, 654 kB)
- In french (pdf)
- In basque (pdf)
Order
The retail price of PatimPatamPatum is 27,00 € + 6,00 € shipping inside Spain. For international shipping, please contact us at . In order to buy the game, follow these steps:
- Fill-in and send the form which you'll find here.
- We'll send you an e-mail with instructions on how to make the payment, which will be through bank transfer.
- Make the payment as indicated.
- After receiving your payment we'll send you a confirmation mail and then we'll ship the game!
Links
- La Patum: Official website of the festival.
- City council of Berga
- El Berguedà: the comarca or county of Berga.
- Jaume Carbonell: the artist behind the artwork of the game.
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