Pokey Joe is a fast paced bluffing and wagering card game where you use your cards as the wager. The objective of the game is win all the cards. Up to six players can play per pack or you can put multiple packs together for larger games (each additional pack allows you to add up to 6 additional players). There are two different color packs available, blue...
This game is strongly related to Knaves. It is played with a standard deck of cards after removing all the cards with value less than 7. Taking the Jacks worth one or two penalty points, the game continues until a player reaches an agreed total of penalties. There are some possibilities to change the whole structure of the game, for example any player may...
In the muddy waters of politics, there are some surprisingly simple rules. First, follow the policy of your own party unconditionally. Second, oppose the policy of the opposing party. But today's friends can be tomorrow's enemies, and it's always more fun to betray than to be betrayed. So remember, you have nothing to rely on but your own political power....
Want another way to analyze aspiring politicians and their behavior in dealing with political issues on a daily basis? Try Politricks, a new card game created by two Filipinos in time for the presidential elections. The new card game is drawn from current events and personalities in Philippine politics. The card game consists of 104 deck cards of different...
Trick-taking game in which players must place both a bid for the number of tricks they expect to take and a wager which determines the how many points they will receive if they hit their target bid. The wager is made by discarding cards from a player's hand, meaning that players who wish to score big must play from abbreviated hands. Pollard originally was...
Pompiers! is a trick-taking game for four or five players where the players aim to complete certain "missions", such as winning exactly 1 trick or winning no red cards. The game comes with a deck of four colors, with ranks from 1 to 15, and has a kitty (un-dealt cards) of size 8 with 4 players and 10 with 5 players; one card from the kitty is revealed as...
This is a two player trick taking game by Michael Schoessow (who also designed the award-winning piecepack/Ice House game Alien City) that can also be played with four players by adding an additional deck of cards and playing in partners. First each player draws for a poison suit, cards are dealt and then each player secretly selects their profit ranks....
Up the ante in Pop!, a trick-taking card game for two. Players will have cards in hand as well as display cards that are visible to their opponent. Manage wild jokers, jacks that jump rank, and a slew of unknown cards. Bluff and bully your way to victory much faster with strategic use of the pop cube. Each round, players will try to win the majority of...
With a must-follow system and no trump suit, players must judge when to win and when to deliberately lose. The “Pass” action lets you reveal a card to avoid a trick while setting up future points—but high ranks can make you an easy target later. In addition, matching “5” cards can trigger cancellations, nullifying strong plays and keeping outcomes...
Jamaica 1684. The entire West Indies Sea is in the hands of the King of Spain. The Spanish fighting and trading fleets rule the Caribbean. The whole Caribbean! In the center of it is the island of Jamaica and the port of Port Royal. Under the protection of the English crown and equipped with letters of marque, a place of refuge is offered here for the...