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Abluxxen

Score with cards of other players

Cards on the table score positive, those in hand negative - sounds simple, but is it simple?

104 number cards - 8x number 1 t0 13 - and five jokers are shuffled and 13 cards are dealt to each player, the rest is draw pile. 6 cards are drawn and laid out open-faced. The active player lays out one card or several cards of the same value - if necessary he stacks them on cards already on the table; there need not be any correlations with cards previously played - and compares them to the top cards in other players' displays. When you put down the same number of cards, but of higher value, than one or more other players, you decide for each such player in turn if you want to take up his cards or not. If you do so, he draws as many cards from the open display or the draw pile or both. If you do not take the cards, the other player decides if he takes his card back in hand or discards them for good. If he does so, he draws cards. Joker cards have either the same value as cards you play them with or - when played alone - are the highest cards in the game. When someone puts down his last cards or when the draw pile is empty, the game ends instantly. Each card on the table is worth one point, each card in hand is a penalty point and you win with the highest score.

Abluxxen is a sophisticated card game with simple rules and a lot of depth and is also lots of fun! Y has taken a Five from the table - should I put down my Fours and hope that he takes them and that I can draw cards? Or should I put down my 5 Tens, hope to keep them, being rid of five cards and keep the Fours to maybe end the game next round? Nice!

Players: 2-5

Age: 10+

Time: 20+

Designer: Wolfgang Kramer, Michael Kiesling

Artist: Oliver Freudenreich

Price: ca. 12 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2014

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: Collecting cards

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Simple rules

Lots of fun, interaction and sophistication

Marvelous family game

Memory for cards can be helpful

Compares to:

Karrierepoker and similar games for topping values or numbers, first games for mechanism details and combination

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0