01-016 Butt Detective Clue Game

01-016
Butt Detective Clue Game

I have never thought of writing something about this children game. I did not even know it exists until I walked into Toys “Я”Us over the last weekend.

Butt Detective Clue Game

My kids like Butt Detective. It is a Japanese cartoon that is almost unheard in the western world. But in Hongkong, it is a great hit. Many children here loves this cute peach-face detective in Sherlock Holmes disguise. Okay, let me put it straight. His face is not a peach but a butt. And he drinks tea with his ass. Disgusting? Kids just like this.

Funny that this game is not from Japan but Korea. Mini World is a big toy manufacturer in Korea which starts as a small retail shop back in the 70s. Their main products are not table top games, but dolls and other children toys. This Butt Detective Clue Game is one of their few card games. I browsed through their website and found some others that look like board games or card games. But the descriptions are all in Korean so I have no idea what those games are about.

Compositions of the game -
50 cards, 4 "mission cardboards" & 12 "golden butt" medals

Butt Detective Clue Game contains 50 cards. In which 44 of them are “clue cards” and 6 are function cards. Clue cards are divided into 4 colours, or suits. In addition, there is a 40cm x 40cm game mat, 4 “mission cardboards” and 12 “golden butt” medals, for score keeping. There is no separate instruction booklet. Rules are printed on the mat. With the mat, kids can easily refer to the rules while playing. However, the game can be played without a mat. So, it is a pure card game.

The game mat, with rules written on it

As I cannot find any English video about this game or anything with English subtitles, I will explain more on the game play.

It is a simple set collecting game and winning depends mostly on luck. There are only 6 function cards in the game and even one of it is a wild card. Strategy is limited. But my kids like this game a lot as they can find many characters and places from the cartoon appearing on the cards. For adults, this game is just a bit boring.

General Information

Player	2 to 4
Playing Time	15 min
Age	5+
Year Released	2019
Designer	Unknown
Publisher	Mini World
Family	Set Collection
Score	?

Specifications

Due to copyright issue, I cannot show you the full deck here.

Card size	Non-standard size (59mm x 86mm)
Deck size	50 cards + 4 mission cardboards + 12 golden butts + 1 game mat
# of suits	4 colours – Yellow, Orange, Brown & Blue
Details	The whole deck consists of the following cards:  11x Yellow or “Object” cards 11x Orange or “Place” cards 11x Brown or “Important person” cards 11x Blue or “Civilian” cards 6x Function cards

The game play

1. Each player pick up one “Mission Cardboards”. There are 4“Mission Cardboards” in total. Each represents “Object” (Yellow), “Place” (Orange), “Important person” (Brown), & “Civilian” (Blue). The “Mission Cardboard” defines which suit the player should collect. Do not let other players know which “Mission Cardboard” is in your hand.
2. Shuffle the 50 cards and deal 5 cards to each player, one at a time.
3. The remaining undealt cards are placed face-down on the “Clue Pile” area of the mat to form a drawing pile.
4. During your turn, discard 1 card from your hand into the “Temp Clue” area on the mat, face down. Then either:
   
   a.       Draw a card from the drawing pile; or
   b.       Take a card from the “Temp Clue” area of other player.
5. After the first round, if the card that you have been placed in the “Temp Clue” area during the previous round has not been taken by other players, put that card into the “Discarded Clue” area on the mat. Then follow step 4 to continue the game.
6. Winning the round: At any point when a player successfully collected 5 cards in the same suit of his or her “Mission Cardboard” wins.
7. The player who wins in the round will get a “Golden butt” medal.
8. Collecting 3 “Golden butt” medals wins the game.

Special Rules: -

• Every “Clue card” has 4 “butts” printed on it. Some special cards have “butts” printed in a different colour. Collecting 3 of those cards wins the round immediately;
• To use a function card, place the card on the mat and announce to other players that you are going to use it. Complete the action written on the card and discard it to the “Discarded Clue” area. Replenish your hand by drawing a card from the “Clue Pile”;
• You can decide not to use a function card by discarding it into the “Temp Clue” area during your turn;
• If the draw pile ran out, reshuffle the discarded pile to form a new draw pile.

Where to buy?

Toys “Я”Us.

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