Challengers! Beach Cup Review - Build Your Best Autobattler!

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Challengers! Beach Cup is an interactive deck-management game for 1-8 players that plays in about 45 minutes independent of player count. With the tournament gameplay style, you meet another opponent every round.
In the Deck Phase, you choose new members and add them to your deck, which might consist of a wizard, alien, cat, gangster and kraken. Dozens of distinct characters with more than forty effects create a unique experience every game. Choose from seven different sets and discover new strategies and synergies every game.
In the Match Phase, stay in possession of the flag to win the trophy of that round. Try to get the most fans and trophies over the course of seven rounds to be able to qualify for the final. If you can best your opponent in the final, you win!
Challengers! Beach Cup contains a 16-card "Trainers" expansion that gives each player a unique power. Some give you bonuses when defending, some when you're on the offensive, and others can extend your bench or even let you rearrange your deck.
Challengers! Beach Cup is a standalone game that can also be mixed with Challengers! to create new set combinations and new experiences.

TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:07:19 - Ease of Play
0:07:50 - What I Like
0:10:16 - What I Don’t Like
0:11:50 - What I Can See Others Not Liking
0:13:25 - Final Thoughts
0:15:23 - Recommendations

5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.
4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc.
4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience.
3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad.
3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep.
2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself
2.0 - A game I don't want to play again
1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend
1.0 - A game that is just bad.

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[KingMePlease]

Have you played the first Challengers before? Was really hoping you were going to get into some of the differences in card abilities and mechanics that separate Beach Cup from its predecessor.

This game’s target market is large groups and families of different generations. Our family loves it as our 7 year old can win against me and his grandparents.

[NeoReziel]

Awesome review as always, you made it very clear and now I know this is not a game for me😅

[tinvahtaric]

As an autobattler addict, buying this is a no brianer hahah
Cant wait for the delivery day

[knalnl]

Jeah remove 20 red card for 20 green card is a real pain to do?!?

[Exozik]

Imagine playing Slay the Spire but your only decision is choosing the card you get at the end of the combat. That is what Challengers offer you in term of decision.

[srebme]

The lack of agency makes this a hard pass for me. I hope it finds its audience, if that audience exists.

[nope]

it's a shit game. How can anyone play this.