{"id":1385,"date":"2021-08-16T19:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:24:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:24:56","slug":"20210726-1385","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210726-1385\/","title":{"rendered":"YamaFuda! 2nd Station, a deck-building hiking game, now available for PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210726-170157\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-07-26 10:15 (JST)<br>Translated by. Ari Clark<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>On July 24, Japanese game development team KPC released their game <em><strong>YamaFuda! 2nd Station<\/strong><\/em>. It\u2019s available for PC (on Booth), and retails for 1000 yen (approx. $9 USD). It can display subtitles in English as well as Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Update 2021\/08\/31 23:00 JST]<br>The <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1727520\/Yamafuda_2nd_station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam version<\/a> of <em>YamaFuda! 2nd Station<\/em> has recently been announced. It will be released on September 25th.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010Hiking Card Game\u3011YamaFuda! 2nd station\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xy2XuP05ip8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><font size=\"2\">YamaFuda!2nd Station <\/font><\/em><font size=\"2\">is the sequel to <em>YamaFuda!, <\/em>a previous game that was first distributed at Comiket 97, held in December 2019.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>YamaFuda! 2nd Station <\/em>is a deck-building turn-based hiking card game where you use cards to climb a mountain. The protagonist, Koharu, has always been interested in hiking. One day, she looks at a faraway mountain and murmurs to herself, \u201cIt looks like it would be a great place to hike.\u201d Her friend Hiyori heard Koharu\u2019s remark and invited her to go hiking. The next day, with Hiyori by her side, all suited up, Koharu takes her first step into the world of mountain hiking.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The two girls must brave the ruggedness of the mountain that assails them on each turn, and advance toward their goal of reaching the summit. The game uses action cards to represent the actions taken by the protagonists. Each card has two set values, \u201cHike\u201d, which shows how many meters of progress will be made in one turn, and \u201cCare\u201d, which helps the girls withstand the ruggedness of the mountain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in a turn where they\u2019re assailed with 10 points of ruggedness, if they use the card \u201cStaccato\u201d which has 5 Care points, their HP will go down by 5 points. As you climb the mountains, you have to choose your actions carefully in response to the situation, to avoid running out of energy mid-hike and failing to finish the climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are lots of different cards, including \u201cWalk\u201d, which gets stronger every time you successively use it, \u201cBreath\u201d, which protects you during the next turn, \u201cRun\u201d, which makes rapid progress, and \u201cEat\u201d, which restores your HP by eating a banana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can put together all sorts of strategies, such as building your deck around the \u201cWalk\u201d card, which is a fairly basic card but develops stronger effects the more you successively use it, or focusing on defense with cards like \u201cHeavily\u201d, which has protective effects that carry over into the next turn. Every time you advance another 10% of the way up the mountain, you can choose a new card to add to your deck from a randomly displayed selection of cards. There are more than 10 mountains for you to climb.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1388\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/20210726-170157-003-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption><em>You can make gear items while you\u2019re taking a break.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>YamaFuda! 2nd Station <\/em>is now on sale for PC via the Japanese indie marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/kpc.booth.pm\/items\/3060312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Booth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YamaFuda! 2nd Station, a deck-building hiking game, now available for PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":1390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>YamaFuda! 2nd Station, a deck-building hiking game, now available for PC - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210726-1385\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"YamaFuda! 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