Mm it depends a good deal on what you wish to see I suppose. I consider this novel a paragon of survival games genre. Most of instances have some sort of trick to them. Abilities and artifacts are also nice and neat. World build is pretty solid overall. In my case, when reading card room, I found most games being at best moderate. The only ones I was more interested in were instances with more action like survival type and heart game of kingdom machinations

For example monopoly game. To finish it you needed to end the loop. 160(?) squares, 7(?) players. You roll 2 dices and teleport on corresponding number of steps. You never know which effect unvisited square will have for you in stock. Some of listed effects were: get a rare artifact/ fight a monster/ get a magic property shroom that will last until you roll dice again/ teleport(on any number of steps behind or up 20 steps ahead)/unavoidable death square. All effects with exception of teleport square were bound by the rule “first come first served” so other players won’t get anything. The first player to reach finish will get a special prize and the game will naturally come to the end. If two characters end up on the same square death battle will commence. So where does trick lies? Last two dozens of steps were death squares. So usually strongest players who persevered through the whole game ended up simply eliminated while finish line was in the eye’s reach. The first square of monopoly had a unique effect. The one who steps on it will be teleported to the endgame square. As there were 2 dices least number one could possibly roll was 2 so no one will be able to get there unless one will use teleport square special effect. But who will teleport back when finish line glimmers with desirable treasures?..