Ayrumã is a trick-taking game with an astronomy theme from the native Brazilian people. Even ahead of the knowledge used by Europeans in the 17th century, the Tupinambá people used observation of the skies in their daily lives with a precision compatible with current scientific knowledge, such as the influence of the moon on the movement of the tide. This...
Azteken Schatz is a trick-taking game where players are racing to be the first to 200 points. Every player starts with 100 points. Every round starts with point bidding to get the start player token. The start player can break ties and chooses tasks the players are bidding for. Tasks like "get the most tricks" or "get the most coins". There are two tasks...
The object of the game is to be the player with the lowest score. Points are scored by adding the point value of your cards when each hand ends. The game ends when one player's score totals 100 points or more. Each player is dealt four face-down cards. On their turn they will either draw a card from the deck or take the top-most discarded card. They will...
Rare card game that uses standard playing cards with the addition of 8 Royal Aces and eight Jokers. As there are two packs, this makes a total of 120 cards per game. The game is a curious mix of Rummy and Whist. Each player gets 18 cards dealt to them. There now begins a phase of drawing and discarding until a player lays down a run or set of 5 cards (5...
"Experience this exciting card game with the entire family!" This is an "Oh Hell!" knockoff with just a few minor changes. The deck is a standard 52, nicely done in four bold, primary colored suits and clear numbering 1 through 13. There are also four "Back Alley" cards that serve as ubertrump wild cards. Prior to bidding, each player may exchange one of...
Back Alley is a variation of bridge, played with a standard deck of 52 cards including jokers. One joker should be marked 'high' and the other joker 'low'. In the first round, one card is dealt to each of the four players. In the next round, two cards are dealt to each player, then three, four, etc. all the way up to 13 cards. Then 13 cards are dealt again...
This is a fixed partnership, may-follow trick taker that uses dominoes and features a checkers board. The game is played over the course of two hands with each hand consisting of 9 dominoes per player. Players will be playing out tricks and determining which team earns points for winning tricks and which team is allowed to place control markers on the...
バックハンダー (Backhander) is a trick-taking game from Japan. It follows on from the designer's previous game インヴァージョン (!nversion), and takes a theme of an illegal casino run by gangsters. The player who wins the most money loses the game, because they get picked up by the police. So the real winner is the player with the second highest score. Before play...
Collect the ladybugs and katydids while avoiding stink bugs and other destructive bugs The game play mechanics are simple. It's a collecting game that involves 52 cards of mostly insects and other creatures of the yard. What makes this game unique and different from your average trick taking game is that you don't just add your points up when all cards...
Bad Decisions introduces a new line of party card games from Diamond Dust Dreams Inc., the creators of Kitsune: of Foxes and Fools. Because of the MadLibs-inspired storytelling twist to this game, each prompt (Story) card can set up literally hundreds of different situations. The judge (called the Bard, in keeping with the storytelling theme) plays cards...
Help Emily, Bagpuss and friends find homes for the lost things. This game is based on the children’s TV series, Bagpuss about an old toy cat and his friends; toys that come to life to study the lost things their owner Emily brings into her special shop. Players move around the board taking penalties, extra goes or collecting cards with pictures of one or...