Episode 409 – Five Favorite Card Games
Let’s talk about card games!
00:00 Fact for 409
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0:04:30 What We’ve Been Playing
Finished My City – ultimate winner: Anitra, but it was really close at the end!
HiFi – full review coming soon
Odin – with 6 players, it was less fun. Too easy to get stuck unable to play cards.
5 Towers
Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard
0:15:30 What We’ve Been Playing – October
Andrew: 14 unique games 25 times, H-index 2 (My City, Chit Chat, Ink, Duel for Cardia, Odin)
Anitra: 16 unique games 36 times, H-index 3 (My City, Duel for Cardia, Bomb Busters, Chit Chat)
Almost all of our games we played with each other, much more than usual.
0:18:30 The Family Gamers Community
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#Backtalk
We asked about your seasonal gaming traditions. A few of you answered on the #backtalk channel on the Discord, and that’s about it!
0:23:00 Our Top 5 Card Games… For Now
Sometimes you want something small, and fast (and cheap!). What you want is a card game. Here are five of our favorites:
Trick taking: Skull King
If you like trick-taking games but wish they were wackier, or you want to include more than four players, Skull King has you covered. Up to eight players can join in – make a bid for how many tricks you’ll win, but beware of cards like the pirates, mermaids, the pirate king, and the white whale.
Traditional (ish) card game: Flip 7 (our review)
This is another game that supports a LOT of players (up to 18?!?) It feels a bit like Blackjack, but with a lot more flexibility. Try to get the most points you can each round, but if you ever flip a number you already have, you’ll get nothing.
Party game: Anomia
It’s sort of a trivia game, but it’s just about shouting out something in the given category. Everyone stays involved, because you always need to be looking for a symbol that matches your own. We’ve reviewed the Pop Culture set and Anomia Kids, but we love the original and its sibling Duple!
Start playing right away: Circus Flohcati (our review)
Flip cards out from the deck until you decide to stop and take one. You’ll spend more time explaining the scoring than how to play.
Just plain good: Trio (our review)
This game combines memory and deduction. While it’s very easy to learn, we find that people mess up the “only highest or lowest card” rule, which can be frustrating.
You could get all five of these games together for under $75 – another reason card games are great!
0:35:50 Runners-up: More Card Games We Love
Cabanga! – we absolutely love this tiny game, but it’s kind of hard to get, and going to get harder until Amigo can partner with a new US distributor.
Similo – another great party game. Remember to have guessers talk out their reasoning!
Combo – we love this semi-cooperative game, but it can be hard to teach.
Abandon All Artichokes – a wonderful early deck-building game. Cute and charming.
Tussie Mussie – a tiny split-and-choose game, at just 18 cards!
Get the MacGuffin – a goofy game about being the last player standing.
Sushi Go – an approachable set-collection “pick and pass” game. Even a very young kid could probably play this.
0:46:15 Follow Up
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0:48:10 New Backtalk Question
What’s the perfect kind of game to receive as a holiday gift? Is it about the games you like to play, or the environment to play them in?
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