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The Jiu-Jitsu Card Game
BUILD YOUR GAME.
A tactical card game built on real Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Learn the moves, chain them together, and finish the match.
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Fighter 01 / 05
Generalist
Real jiu-jitsu
100 real Brazilian jiu-jitsu techniques, from white to black belt, across 9 positions.
Feels like a roll
Chain your moves, advance your position and go for the submission. Lose it, scramble and go again.
Table or screen
Play with friends at the table, or online. Same rules, same cards.
2 players5–15 min14+No jiu-jitsu experience needed
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Meet the cards
Guard · Blue belt
Butterfly Sweep
Open Guard → Side Control
Guard · 39 cards
Sweeps, passes and attacks from closed, open and half guard.
Belt & roll
The belt sets the roll: that belt face or higher lands it.
From → To
Where it starts and where it takes you.
Reward
Points, or the finish.
Fighter
Position
Stand
Guard
Pin
Back
Special
柔 (jū) — gentle
The gentle art, built on a solid foundation.
How it plays
Choose your fighter, take your turn, resolve with dice.
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Choose your fighter
01 · WHITEGeneralist
02 · BLUEPasser
03 · PURPLEGuardeiro
04 · BROWNEscape Artist
05 · BLACKJudoka
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Take your turn
01
Draft
Take 1 to 3 cards from the zones.
02
Plan
Lay up to four cards face down, in the order you'll play them.
03
Flip
Reveal left to right and roll the belt die for each card.
04
Hand off
Bank your points. Your opponent's turn.
Chain your moves
Standing → Side Control → Knee on Belly → The Mount → Submission
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Resolve with dice
Belt die
Roll your card's belt face or higher and it lands. Red is the scramble.
Scramble die
When a position breaks, it decides where you land.
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The physical game
First edition · 128 poker-size cards
The deck
in your hands.
in your hands.
Everything two players need on a table, in one small box. Learn the game online, then take it to the mat.
100
Technique cards
Takedowns, sweeps, passes, escapes and submissions across five belts.
12
Special cards
Six special types, two copies each.
9
Position cards
The arena map, from standing to the back.
5
Fighter cards
Pick a fighter, play their rule.
2Tracker cards
2Wooden cubes
2Dice
1Rulebook
Join the playtest →Playtesters get the first preorders.
Play with friends
Two players, one table, a full match from takedown to tap.
Study cards
Learn and visualise by playing. Flip through to remember.
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The online game
Play it anywhere.
Online playtest
Free while we test.
Play the full game against the computer, on your laptop or on the go. Testers get in by invite, in waves.
Learn as you play
The coach explains every position and move as you play.
No partner needed
Play against the computer, whenever you want.
Your deck, always with you
Play and flip through your cards on the go.
