Ten of Clubs (Netflix)

The Ten^[1] of Clubs (クラブの10, Kurabu no Juu), also known as "Bingo at the Match Factory" (マッチ工場でビンゴ, Matchi Koujou de Bingo), is a game featured in Episode 5 of Alice in Borderland.

Players have to search dark rooms for numbers written on the walls and complete a bingo pattern before they run out of matchsticks.

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:
Match Factory
Player Limit:
Unknown (10 participants shown on the chart)
Time Limit:
Until all matchsticks are used up

Rules[]

There are 25 massive rooms total in a 5 × 5 grid. Like in a standard bingo, the central space is free.
There is a number in each of the 24 rooms to find, and once the number is found, it is added to the bingo card.
The rooms are completely dark.
Players are given only nine matchsticks each.
It is GAME CLEAR for all surviving players if all numbers found complete a row, column, or diagonal on a bingo sheet.
It is GAME OVER for the players who have used up all their matches.

Details[]

The entire game venue is in complete and utter darkness, so using the matchsticks is completely necessary, however, the number of the matchsticks is smaller than the number of rooms, hence why using the matchsticks wisely is important. If a player burns all nine of their matchsticks, they are lasered, as seen in the background during Usagi's game.

Solution[]

There are no rules prohibiting the use of light sources OTHER than the matches provided, so it can be speculated that players could use their shirt as a match (light it on fire), or use their phone (those are always given at registration).

Game Result[]

Usagi	GAME CLEAR Found the last number for a bingo	Unnamed Player (ID:1000402)	Unspecified (Likely GAME CLEAR) The player's ID is on the screen among the survivors of the game
Unnamed Player (ID:1000238)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches	Unnamed Player (ID:1000455)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches
Unnamed Player (ID:1000245)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches	Unnamed Player (ID:1000201)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches
Unnamed Player (ID:1000305)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches	Unnamed Player (ID:1000267)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches
Unnamed Player (ID:1000311)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches	Unnamed Player (ID:1000404)	GAME OVER Used all of their matches

Trivia[]

This game is shown in the Episode 5 montage.
This game is one of three number card games exclusive to the Netflix adaptation (with the other two being Two of Spades and Two of Clubs).
In the English dub, the game is called "Bingo Night at the Match Factory", and players have eight matchsticks instead of nine, but that number is incorrect, as the original Japanese voiceover states, "9 matches can be used" (使えるマッチは９本, Tsukaeru matchi wa 9-hon)".
Arisu has the same player ID (1000245) as the third player on the Bingo chart.

References[]

↑ The actual difficulty of the "Bingo at the Match Factory" game is never stated in the show. However, its type, Clubs, is shown on the screen with the bingo chart. As preparation for the release of Season 3, the official TikTok account of Netflix Japan revealed the difficulty to be 10.