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Larry

Gloat Cards helps you bluff

Told a lie? Got caught? Larry is yet another card shedding game - this time we use positive and negative number cards, action cards and three Gloat cards. Those cards are shuffled and dealt to players as stated in the rules; the rest is draw pile. The so-called Limit Card shows "7". The active player puts one card face-down on the stack and - as the starting player - names its value or later the total value of the stack. The current limit should not be surpassed, but you may lie about it! The next player either puts another card or doubts. If you place a card you accept responsibility for the stack and consequences of potential false totals of previous players. If you doubt the stack is turned up and checked by adding the values of all cards in the stack: When the sum is equal to the last total named by the last player, the doubting player draws 2 cards from the pile, otherwise the player who last placed a card.

If there is a Gloat card in the stack, the total is correct in any case. Two Gloat cards cancel each other out, the third Gloat Card in the stack would be valid again.

Action cads are played on other players or face-down into the stack, in case of "change direction" you also turn over the Limit Card.  If you play your last card but one, you announce "Larry". If you play your last card you win the round; others note Larrys on their cards for penalty points. After three rounds you win with the best total.

Larry features well-known standard mechanisms that have been varied wittily and skillfully - you need to know when to bluff and when to tell the truth! Doubting alone won't rid you of cards!

Players: 2-8

Age: 8+

Time: 20+

Designer: Ronald Hofstätter

Artist: Dennis Lohausen

Price: ca. 8 Euro

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele 2014

Web: www.schmidtspiele.de

Genre: Card shedding, bluff

Users: For families

Special: Many players

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr it

In-game text: no

Comments:

New edition of Blöff, 2007

Standard mechanisms with nice details

Good family game for in-between or holidays

Compares to:

All card shedding games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0