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🃏 HIDDEN HAND: BOOMBANG'S NEW ELEMENTAL DUEL
By Gina ·
🃏 HIDDEN HAND: BOOMBANG'S NEW ELEMENTAL DUEL
Will you be able to guess which card your opponent is holding? 👀
In BoomBang comes Hidden Hand, a new card minigame where you will have to choose secretly, take risks and discover if your strategy was better than your opponent's.
Two players. Nine cards for each one. A gong. And just one question:
What will your rival have hidden? 🔥💧🌿
🔥💧🌿 THREE ELEMENTS, ONE BATTLE
Each player starts with 9 cards:
🔥 3 Fire
💧 3 Water
🌿 3 Plant
Each card shows its element, a power from 1 to 6 and, in some cases, a special effect.
But here comes the important thing: the elements have an advantage over each other.
💧 Water defeats Fire because it extinguishes it.
🔥 Fire defeats Plant because it burns it.
🌿 Plant defeats Water because it burns it. absorbs.
And remember: elemental advantage always takes priority over power.
A Fire 1 against a Plant 6? Fire Wins!
A Water 1 against a Fire 6? Win Water!
A Plant 1 against a Water 6? Win Plant!
Power only matters when both players use the same item.
For example, 🔥 Fire 5 beats 🔥 Fire 2.
If both play the exact same card, it is a tie and no one gets a spark.
🔔 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
Each round begins with a decision.
Choose a card from your hand and place it face down.
Your opponent will do the same.
When time is up...
GONG! 🔔
The two cards are revealed at the same time and the confrontation begins.
First the corresponding effects are activated. Then the elemental advantage is checked and, if both elements are equal, the power is compared.
🏆 The winner gets a spark and the two cards used go to the discards.
What if you don't choose any cards in time? You won't be able to hide forever: the game will automatically select a random card from your hand.
✨ GET FIVE SPARKS!
The goal is simple:
Be the first to get 5 sparks! ✨✨✨✨✨
The sparks will appear represented on the stage so you can see at all times who is closest to victory.
But getting to five won't be so easy...
Because some cards hide effects capable of completely changing a round.
💥 COMBO BOOM
Do you dare to play with the three elements?
If you manage to win three consecutive rounds, using a different element in each victory, you will activate the spectacular:
💥 COMBO BOOM
For example:
🔥 You win with Fire.
💧 You win with Water.
🌿 You win with Plant.
COMBO BOOM! 💥
As a reward for completing the combination, you will get an additional spark and a special animation will mark the moment.
Then the counter starts again.
But be careful... if you lose, tie or break the combo by repeating an element before completing it, you will have to build your combo again.
The 🔥💧🌿 symbols will help you know which part of the Combo Boom you have completed.
🃏 SURPRISE LETTERS
Some cards have special effects that can give you a small advantage... or make your opponent have to change their plans.
👀 Preview
Allows you to reveal two random cards that your opponent still has.
🚫 Block
During the next round, your opponent will not be able to use the item they just played again. But if you only keep cards of that element, the block is canceled so the game can continue.
⚡ Double bet
The next round with a winner can be worth two sparks. If you win it, they are yours. If you lose it, your rival will get them. If it ends in a tie, the bet remains active.
♻️ Recovery
You can recover a card that you have already discarded, but you will have to remove another card that you still have in your hand. The recovered card is available again, although its special effect cannot be activated a second time.
💪 Power
Increases the power of the card by 2 points when it is revealed, up to a maximum of 6. Remember: greater power can never overcome a disadvantage elementary.
🌊🔥🌿 LET THE STAGE TALK!
In Hidden Hand you won't have to read a lot of explanations to know what is happening.
Each confrontation will have its own animation.
💧🌊 Water versus Fire: a wave extinguishes the flame and a cloud of steam appears in the collision.
🔥 Fire against Plant: the flames burn and singe the plant.
🌿 Plant against Water: the roots absorb the water and the plant blooms.
⚔️ Same element: both attacks collide and the card with greater power ends up winning.
💥 Draw: Both attacks disappear at the same time.
The stage will also have a large circular seal in the center, a gong that will mark the moment of revelation and side platforms where each player can place their cards.
The totems on the stage will show the five sparks necessary to achieve victory.
🧠 LUCK, MEMORY AND STRATEGY
In Hidden Hand not everything will depend on having a powerful card.
You'll have to remember which cards your opponent has already used, look at what items they keep, decide when to use your best cards, and think about whether it's worth saving a special effect for a more important round.
Sometimes you will have the perfect card.
Other times you will have to take a risk.
And in some rounds...
perhaps the best thing is to make your opponent believe that you are going to play something they never imagined. 👀
⚔️ WHAT IF THE LETTERS ARE OUT?
The game ends immediately when a player gets 5 sparks.
But if both players use their nine cards without anyone reaching five, the sparks obtained are counted.
🏆 Whoever has the most, wins.
Tie?
Then comes Sudden Death.
Both players receive three special cards with no effects:
🔥 Fire 3
💧 Water 3
🌿 Floor 3
And there is no second chance here:
The first person to win a round wins the game. ⚡
🎮 LEARN BEFORE FIGHT
So that everyone can enjoy Hidden Hand from the first moment, learning will be progressive.
First you will know the advantages between Fire, Water and Plant.
Then you will discover how the power works.
And when you are clear about the basics...
the special effects and the Combo Boom will arrive. 💥
So prepare your cards, observe your opponent and think carefully before choosing.
Because in Hidden Hand...
🃏 YOUR LETTER IS HIDDEN.
👀 THE RIVAL'S ONE TOO.
🔔 AND WHEN THE GONG RINGS... THERE IS NO LONGER TURN BACK.
🏆 SHOW HOW FAR YOU CAN GO!
Winning a game is good...
But, how many can you win before you become a true **Hidden Hand** legend? 👀
As you accumulate victories, you can earn different capes, each with a new color and a harder-to-achieve requirement.
🔴 Red cape — 100 victories
🌸 Pink cape — 300 victories
🟠 Orange cape — 600 victories
🟢 Green cape — 1000 victories
🔵 Blue cape — 1,500 victories
⚪ White cape — 2,500 victories
🟣 Cloak purple — 4,000 victories
🟤 Brown cloak — 6,000 victories
⚫ Black cloak — 8,000 victories
🟡 Gold cloak — 10,000 victories
Each layer will be a way to demonstrate your experience, perseverance and dedication in Hidden Hand.
And among all of them there is one especially important...
👑 THE GOLDEN LAYER
Achieving **2,000 victories** will not be an easy task.
The Golden Cloak represents the final reward and greatest achievement you can achieve in Hidden Hand.
So now you have a new goal:
What color will you get to? 🃏✨