Geschenkt

A card of a value between 3 and 35 is positioned in the middle, the active player must take the card and score it’s value as negative points or can decline the card by placing a chip on it.

Each player begins with 11 chips and should try to keep the amount of his chips secret. The number cards are shuffled face-down and nine are taken out of play without revealed. The rest of the cards is stacked face-down in the middle. The starting player turns over the first card from the stack and then either takes it, sets it down open-faced or refuses to take the card and place a chips with it. The next players in turn have again the choice of taking the card with all chips next to it, adding the chips to his stock and setting down the card openly or of refusing the card and adding another chip. If a card is taken, a new one is revealed by the player who took the card. Cards that you take give you as many penalty points as they are worth, a consecutive series of cards scores only the lowest value in the series. When all cards are taken you add up your penalty points and deduct the number of chips you have in stock. You win with the lowest score. The rules recommend to play four rounds, after which the winner will be the player with the lowest total score.

This is a game that elicits very different reactions and opinions from players, some hate it, others, that is, most think it a very cute and well-working game. The mechanism is very simple, the riling element very high, it is easy to take along and can be played anywhere, in short, a game that is fun. And there is also some tactic, do I spoil a potential series of numbers for another player?

Players         : 3-7

Age             : 8+

Time            : ca. 20 min

Publisher      : Amigo 2011        

www.amigo-spiele.de

Designer      : Thorsten Gimmler 

Artist           : Atelier Löwentor

Price            : ca. 7 Euro

Genre          : Card game

Users           : Families, friends

Mechanisms  : Avoid cards, take cards

Comments:

Well-made mechanism

High aggravation element

Good rules

If you like card games, where you can get angry so nicely and always hope that you can influence the outcome, then you will have fun with “Geschenkt”

Strategy                 : ***

Tactic                    : ***

Chance                  : *****

Interaction             : *****

Communication       : ***

Ambience               : ******