Bakugan Is The Best Game Off All Time – So How Do You Play?
Bakugan may seem quite difficult to play and there are some tricks to learn – but the basics of the game are quite easy.
Here’s how to play Bakugan brawlers…
Marbles And Cards
There are two pieces to the game. The bakugan battle brawlers themselves, and playing cards. The brawlers are small marbles that pop open to reveal the Bakugan inside and it’s G-Power. Cards played can boost your G-Power or reduce the G-Power of your opponent. The highest power wins that battle.
Setting Up a Bakugan Game
Each player needs 3 bakugan battle brawlers, 3 Gate cards and 3 Ability cards (if you buy starter packs you get all you need). Choosing the ones to use is important, and can mean the difference between winning and losing. The aim is to win Gate cards.
Players sit about one metre apart from one another on a smooth flat surface. This area is now called the ‘Field’.
All Bakugan brawlers start closed (Sphere Mode) and battle cards are kept face down.
When ready, the players say “Field – Open”.
Starting The Game
Each players puts down a Gate card and says “Gate Card – Set”. Then each player goes in turn, the youngest player first, choosing and rolling a Bakugan onto the Gate cards on the field.
After Rolling
If the Bakugan hits a Gate card it pops open automatically. If no other Bakugan are on that the Gate card, the other player takes their turn. If the other player already has a Bakugan on that card, a Battle starts.
Let Battle Begin
Firstly read each Bakugans G-Power rating. Then you turn over the Gate card and do as it says.
Then each player can play an Ability card, if they want to. This could help boost your power or perhaps reduce your opponents. The cards tell you what to do and when you can use them. Once used, they go in your used pile.
Now you add any G-Power boost from the Gate card, by matching the colour of your Bakugan to the card colours.
The player with the highest G-Power wins this battle, and puts the Gate card in their used pile. All Gate cards have an HSP number at the bottom (Holo Sector Points) – this is how many points you win for that battle.
Winning The Battle
The game ends when all cards or Bakugans are used up. Your remaining Bakugan and any captured ones are worth 100 points. You add these points to the points on the Gate cards you won. The player with the highest HSP wins. Don’t worry, captured Bakugan are given back. Unless you played for keeps! If you need more here’s where you can find bakugan for sale.
You can see a brief clip of how to play here:-
