{{Short description|1999 card game}} {{Italic title}} {{About|card game|other uses|Brawl (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2021}}
'''''Brawl''''' is a real-time card game designed by James Ernest and released in 1999 by Cheapass Games.
==Gameplay== Like Spit or ''Icehouse'', players in ''Brawl'' do not take turns, instead either making a move or staying inactive as best suits their strategy at that moment. The game is fast-paced (games typically last a minute or two) but still has a fairly high level of strategy.
Each player has a different deck of cards. The object of the game is to win the most ''Base''-cards by playing the most ''Hit''-cards onto each ''Base'' before a ''Freeze''-card is played on it. The game ends when a ''Freeze'' has been played on every ''Base'' in play. A player wins a ''Base''-card if she has more ''Hits'' on her side of the ''Base'' than her opponent has on his side. If both players have the same number of ''Hits'' on the ''Base'', the owner of the ''Base''-card wins the ''Base''. == Reception == In 2001, ''Brawl: Club Foglio'' won the Origins Awards for ''Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement 2000'' and ''Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game 2000''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2000/list-of-winners |title=Origins Award Winners (2000) |publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design |accessdate=2007-10-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415213159/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2000/list-of-winners |archivedate=2008-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2005, the French company Eclipse Vis Comica published the six original decks in French (though the cards were in English), and added a new promotional deck, ''Natacha'' which was available only with the proof of purchase of all 6 standard decks. These decks were all 44 cards instead of the original 35 cards, and included new rules, including "customization" options. For this edition, the name of the game was changed to ''Fight'', and the characters were all replaced with more flashy, anime-style characters.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
In November 2011, the California company Brode Games released the original six decks on iPhone and iPad. BRAWL briefly made the top 25 free card games list on the App Store.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
==Reviews== *''Pyramid''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=1134|title = Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: BRAWL}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{bgg|392|''Brawl''}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050306193511/http://www.savant-garde.com/kasanova/index2.html Kasanova deck], an unreleased licensed
Category:Card games introduced in 1999 Category:Cheapass Games games Category:Dedicated deck card games Category:Origins Award winners