Een leuk educatief kwartet kaartspel terwijl je leert over de taoïstische vijf elementen (hout, vuur, aarde, metaal, water). Het spel is in het Engels en geschikt voor mensen zonder voorkennis, maar ook voor professionals die hun kennis willen opfrissen.
Alle 60 kaarten zijn handgeschilderde ontwerpen die passen bij de betekenis van elke kaart.
Engelse omschrijving: a fun quintet card game, while learning about the Taoist five elements.
The game is:
- similar to the game ""quartet"" or ""kwartet"" in Dutch
- suitable for beginners, advanced and experts
- 10+ years
- in English
- for TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) enthusiasts of zen, shiatsu, acupuncture, qi gong, tai chi, acupressure, but also for yin yoga schools.
Collect the most quintets and become the Master of Balance!
Ask, memorise, put on your poker face and collect all 5 element-cards: wood, fire, earth, metal and water.
When you collect the 5 element-cards of a certain category (quintet), just show your opponents a big smile and shout out Wu Xing! Which means ‘5 elements’ in Chinese. But watch out, the other players can steal your cards as well.
FOR YOU
- It is fun for everyone, you can play the game in 3 levels: beginners (know 5 colours), advanced (know 5 names of elements) and expert (learn all cards).
- Cool fact: to practice your 5 elements knowledge, you can also play it alone, as a memory game or use them like tarot cards.
12 categories x 5 element-cards = 60 handpainted designs
The 12 categories:
1. Seasons
2. Taste & food
3. Yin meridians
4. Yang meridians
5. Acupressure points
6. Emotions
7. Sound in the voice
8. Spirits
9. Guardians of the cardinal directions
10. Qualities
11. Organ clock
12. Energy & movement
CONTENT OF THE BOX
- 60 playing cards
- game instructions
- overview leaflet with all 60 cards and 12 categories: also used as a ""cheat sheet"".
INFO
Age: 10+
Players: 1-6
Playing time: from 15 mins.
CREDITS
Creation by Five Elements Card Game.
The 60 beautiful cards are all hand-painted art by ClariBa.
Digital art design by Mijke de Hartog.
