Tanto Cuore

It was recommended by a friend and I bought it on sale. Not my normal cup of tea, even if served by a maid. Its a deck builder in the vein of dominion. Dominion is a great game, this is a reskin of that game. So if you like Dominion then you will like this game. I can't recommend it, but I understand if you're a hardcore dominion fan.

super fun. there is a bit of a learning curve and lots of different things to pay attention to though

Tanto Cuore is a lot of fun ^_^ But it isn't without flaws. The essence of the game is just what you would hope for, if you like the look of the store page. * Every card has a cute maid design <3 They are all named characters with unique appearances, so you can imagine they are all individuals who work for you. * Tanto Cuore is an absorbing card game with complexity, yet it's easy to understand. Every maid has interesting abilities, allowing for different strategies and styles of play. Because the maids are all named characters with the beginnings of personalities, it makes me want to see them developed. I wish the singleplayer campaign had a story. The developers even made a start on giving each maid her own voice - evidenced, for example, when Rosa Topaz says her own name. I'd love to see the devs go further with this! Currently, the maids mostly share a handful of brief utterances. What you get in singleplayer mode is a series of competitions against the maids on your staff, and each one has three stars to collect for winning while certain criteria are true, such as having a particular maid in your private chambers or defending against an opponent sending you bad habits. I like that these starred challenges encourage the player to learn about various strategies and techniques. However, some of them seem to be more down to luck than ability, which can lead to frustration. And some of them, in the Expanding The House mansion, are just TOO HARD! I'm not sure I'll ever collect all the stars for Expanding The House </3 I'm sad about this for a few reasons. The most important is that some levels are locked behind getting the stars, so I'm missing out on some of the game! Another reason is that you earn foil cards and alternative card designs with the stars, and I'd like to see those because they're pretty <3 Quick Play mode is where you get to see the alternative card art, so make sure to play a few rounds there too. Quick Play could do with difficulty options, but I suppose adding more opponents and customising the deck allows you to adjust the challenge somewhat. It is a little on the easy side though. But hey, that's a nice remedy to some of the impossible Expanding The House challenges :'( Along with adjustable Quick Play difficulty, there are some other small annoyances I'd like to see fixed: * being unable to scroll down in the private chambers to see the cards in each player's collection * occasional typos * occasional unclear card descriptions, like writing "Gain 1VP for every five Love cards you have" when they mean specifically '1 Love cards' * the limited number of tracks that play - more music variety would be nice This leads me to the heartbreaking biggest problem: This game is no longer being updated :'( It was very clearly the intention that Tanto Cuore would be updated with all the physical card game's expansions, but it hasn't happened. I would love to see all the expansions released as DLC. I was especially excited for Memento Mori, but seriously, I would buy them ALL. Nevertheless, I am very happy that there is a digital version of Tanto Cuore. As one of the maids says "Card games and tea? Sounds wonderful!" Faye Strawberry Curator