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Ngũ Điện: The Fifth Court
Ngũ Điện: The Fifth Court is a thematic, asymmetric two-player game set in the Fifth Court of Buddhist Hell (Thập Điện Diêm Vương). In Vietnamese Buddhist and folk mythology regarding the afterlife, the underworld is divided into Ten Courts (Thập Điện), each governed by a judge-king. Ngũ Điện is the Fifth Court, presided over by Diêm La Vương (King Yama). It is famous in lore for housing Đài Vọng Hương (the Terrace of Looking Back Home), where souls look back at their living relatives one last time before receiving judgment.
What is Ngũ Điện: The Fifth Court
Ngũ Điện: The Fifth Court is a thematic, asymmetric two-player game set in the Fifth Court of Buddhist Hell (Thập Điện Diêm Vương). In Vietnamese Buddhist and folk mythology regarding the afterlife, the underworld is divided into Ten Courts (Thập Điện), each governed by a judge-king. Ngũ Điện is the Fifth Court, presided over by Diêm La Vương (King Yama). It is famous in lore for housing Đài Vọng Hương (the Terrace of Looking Back Home), where souls look back at their living relatives one last time before receiving judgment.
In Ngũ Điện, players take on the roles of damned souls serving as Spirit Detectives to pay off their karmic debts. Sitting opposite one another across a shared timeline, both players compete to dissolve the trauma anchoring trapped spirits while proving their own transformative empathy to earn an auspicious rebirth (Luân Hồi).
Roles:
The Echo of the Past (Cựu Ký Ty): Investigators in these roles operate at the historical origins of each tragedy, seeking to uncover the sources of trauma before the pain hardens into generational curses.
Game details
- Players
- 2
- Age
- +12
- Duration
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- —
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2027
- Mechanics
- Dice Rolling · Modular Board
- Categories
- Card Game · Dice · Fantasy
- Designer
- Michael Orion · Quốc Huy
- Publisher
- (Self-Published)
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How many players is Ngũ Điện: The Fifth Court for?
Ngũ Điện: The Fifth Court plays with 2 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 45 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 12.
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