パンダポーカー (Panda Poker) is a card game from Japan, roughly styled on Texas Hold'em Poker but with Pandas. The publisher says: There are no suits or numbers on the cards, only pandas of various patterns depicted. Some are real, some are complicated fakes. The game is played by memorising the two cards in the hand in an instant, and then selecting five cards...
The year, 1923. The life, a university student, one of daily tedium and nighttime revelry, hours sweating over books at the behest of hectoring professors or carousing with friends through the big city or about the countryside in rattletrap cars. It can be exhilarating, meeting decadent connoisseurs of the arts or practiced masters of esoterica. And there...
The year, 1974. The life, a best-selling author, but the pressure of recent success is crushing the imagination… that and the muttering in the recesses of the mind. Perhaps a trip to the idyllic Pacific Northwest at a lakeside cabin is just what’s needed to kickstart the next novel and soothe troubled thoughts. Pleasant drives on isolated roads. Thoughtful...
Partner Poker is designed for 4-8 players, offering a unique twist: each player is paired with a partner, necessitating collaborative efforts to secure victory. The gameplay revolves around each player possessing half of a Poker hand, which they must merge with their partner's hand to form a Poker hand. Each round unfolds through four distinct phases: The...
Cubilete is an old and very traditional game in Cuba that is second in popularity only to Cuban dominoes. Similar cubilete games are played in other Latin American countries, but the rules vary all over the map, with many cultures playing a version that is very much like the card game Poker/Poker Dice. The Cuban game however is unique! There are five Dice...
A poker dice game... This game is a variation of Yahtzee, using poker dice. Instead of 1-6 at the top of the score sheet, this game has Aces, Jacks, Queens, Kings, Nines and Tens. Scores are recorded the same way as in Yahtzee, following the 1st, 2nd or 3rd roll, in the order shown above, scoring is 1 each, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 10. A bonus of 44 is scored if the...
An odd fusion of rummy and dominoes for two or more players. Object: To score points by playing card sequences that match sequences of adjacent numbers formed by dominoes in play. You Need: * A set of double-12 dominoes. * A poker deck. * A bunch of beads or other tokens. Pennies work well. On your turn you may play a domino from your hand (to create a...
Poli Has Come! is a set collection game with a few special action cards. On their turn, players draw 2 cards from the deck and play sets of cards if they can. Out of turn, they can also swap cards from their hand with a public market. There are also boss, police, and dog cards which can be played by the active player for certain effects. The person with...
This is a children's game based on the cartoon series that followed the "Police Academy" films. Players represent movie characters (Mahoney, Hightower, Captain Harris, etc.) in a simple set collection game. The cops collect "badges" as they move around a circular pathway. If the grumpy captain is looking (when his token is face up) nobody can grab a badge....