Jack of Clubs (クラブのジャック, Kurabu no Jakku), also known as "Bagworm" (みのむし, Minomushi)[1], is a game featured in Episode 7 of Alice in Borderland.
As a Clubs challenge, the game requires players to balance each other's strengths and weaknesses and work as a team.
Overview[]
Set-Up[]
- Location: Auditorium
- Player Limit: Unknown
- Time Limit: Unknown
Rules[]
The exact rules are unknown, but players are seen scaling ropes throughout the venue.
- Players are allowed to swing and jump onto other ropes.
- Players are allowed to kick other players off the ropes.
- It is GAME CLEAR for all remaining players after the Jack of Clubs is eliminated.
- It is GAME OVER if a player gets kicked off their rope; they will be lasered immediately.
Details[]
Inside the auditorium, there are various ropes hanging at different levels of the venue, each at different lengths. Some ropes are hung from the spotlight platform, and others at the ceiling of the building. Players can kick each other off the ropes and cause each other GAME OVER.
Strategy[]
One of the helpful strategies may be hugging the rope to hang on, which may be easier than holding onto it.
Gallery[]
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Multiple players climbing the ropes
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A participant on the rope
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Players trying to push each other down
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A player getting eliminated
Trivia[]
- It is one of the four games played simultaneously in a montage in Episode 7 (Season 2).
- This game is one of the exclusive Face Card games seen in the Netflix live-action adaptation.
- The game venue takes place inside the Main Hall (Ocean) Auditorium at GRANSHIP Convention & Arts Center, which is located in the Shizuoka Prefecture.[2]
- The Jack of Spades also takes place inside the same building.
- At least four participants are shown having a GAME OVER in this game, but the exact number of winners and losers remains unclear.
References[]
- ↑ The actual name of the game was never stated in the show. However, as preparation for the release of Season 3, the official TikTok account of Netflix Japan revealed the name to be みのむし.
- ↑ Robot Communications, the production company behind the series, has an official English location guide for the second season.
See also[]
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