how to play pupsogette

the gist: you and the computer each pick a team of 3 puppets. they take turns bonking each other. knock out all three of theirs and you win.

your team

pick any 3 cards. the first one you pick leads — it starts in the fight. the other two wait on the bench.

a card

every card is a puppet with:

• HP — health. hits zero, it's out.
• an element — the colored badge. there are 8 of them, plus one weirdo.
• a perk — its one special trick, written on the card.
• stats — ATK hits harder, DEF takes less damage, SPD acts earlier.

a turn

on your turn you do ONE thing:

• attack — costs 1 energy pip. you get a pip back every round.
• swap — switch in a bench puppet. costs your turn, and the new one eats the incoming hit.
• pass — do nothing. (some puppets secretly like that.)

elements

rock-paper-scissors, but with 8 types. if your element beats theirs, you hit 50% harder; if it loses, you hit softer. you don't need to memorize any of it — the game tells you: ADVANTAGED = good for you, DISADVANTAGED = bad. the colored badges are there so you can see who's what at a glance.

the wheel

who beats whom, at a glance. arrows point from the winner to the loser — each pair beats both members of the next pair clockwise. hover a badge to see its two wins and two losses.

perks

every puppet has exactly one trick — it's written on the card. some steal energy, some dodge a hit, some heal, one just refuses to die the first time. small tricks, not superpowers.

winning

when a puppet's HP hits zero it's knocked out, and you send in the next one. last team with a puppet standing wins. a match takes about five minutes.

three quick tips

1. losing the matchup? swap — a bad element matchup is winnable, but why suffer it.
2. read the perk before you pick. the trick matters more than the stats.
3. passing isn't wasting — a turn of setup can win the next two.