Small, portable card games: what are some good ones?
Looking for: easy to teach, good for travel, interesting implementations, clever use of basic components, things to learn from as a designer
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Looking for: easy to teach, good for travel, interesting implementations, clever use of basic components, things to learn from as a designer
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Simple to teach to non-gamers, gets people talking to each other and discussing *why* they interpret things the way they do, and plays as long or as short as the group wants.
And Iβll offer up #Soccer54 β½οΈ, which only requires a standard deck of playing cards.
Prise De Fer - Renaissance style fencing duel
Krampusnacht - deduction with optional bluffing
Frog Pull - dice chucker tug of war
How-to-play videos are on my site:
https://greencloakcreative.com/home/games/
Converge
Stir Fry 18
Pixies
Punto
Hoplite
Cubirds
Rebel Princess
Port Royal
Oh my Goods
Floriferous
Bohnanza
Jump Drive
Silly Cow
Paper Tales
Also one where the cards are circle shaped and has symbols on them. Each card is unique but shares a symbol with another card. Forget that name too
Oops, should be Chronicle, not Chronicles.
Dr. Jekyll vs Mr. Hyde
Regicide: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307002/regicide
Air, Land, & Sea: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/247367/air-land-and-sea
Sea Salt & Paper : https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/367220/sea-salt-and-paper
ROVE: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/342562/rove-results-oriented-versatile-explorer (And many more from Button Shy)
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My wife and I particularly enjoy Confusing Lands and Sirens.
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(I don't get what's supposed to be so great about oversized cards π)
Tussie Mussie - 18 cards, 2-4 player, I-split-you-choose mechanism, very approachable theme of flower arrangement.
BattleCrest - Somehow makes a two-player duel on a map with unique characters in 18 cards.
Also, the object of the game is an irreverent and fun idea.
-skull King.i call it The better Version of Wizard π
-port Royal. Simple Push your luck and a Race to 12 Points.
Good Puppers
Hero: Tales from the Tome
The Mind