XOXO introduces a connected three-game card series at SPIEL

XOXO presents POW MAU, SALARYMAN MADNESS and YOKAI YEN?!! at HABA Hall8 A300.

XOXO is introducing a card-game series built around recurring characters and an episodic story at SPIEL Essen. Its first three entries are POW MAU, a variation on Mau-Mau; SALARYMAN MADNESS, a reaction game involving arithmetic; and YOKAI YEN?!!, a climbing game themed around money. The brand will be represented at

HABA’s booth in Hall 8, A300. Each game works independently and is intended for players aged ten and up. Knowing another entry gives no gameplay advantage, according to the announcement, but returning characters and references connect the stories. Instructions open with a short comic and close with a cliffhanger. The

shared setting is a Tokyo comic and game shop whose characters come to life after closing, with further episodes already in development. Official source. Image credit: HABA / XOXO; official series promotional artwork via SPIEL Essen.

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