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Are you looking for a good game for less than $10.00? How about five of them? At this low price point, card-only games are king but we managed to throw in a couple that are more than just a unique deck of cards.
Ghost Blitz Mini
I've been trying to get my hands on Ghost Blitz for a long time. Recently, a copy of Ghost Blitz Mini showed up as a “Add to order?” option on one of my online orders. What arrived was one of the world's smallest games in the cutest little tin.
File this under “Games that make you feel dumb.” The premise is super simple: If a item shows up on a card and is in the correct color of the meeple on the table, you grab that meeple of that item and secure the card. The twist is that if the card doesn't show it in the proper color, you have to grab the meeple of the item that is not featured on the card. Sound simple? Prepare to feel dumb...again and again and again. Grab the wrong meeple and the person who picks the right item gets one of your cards. When the deck runs out, you all just add up and whoever has the most cards wins.
Cockroach Poker
There are a few phrases in boardgaming that completely invoke a specific game: “Wood For Sheep.” “I'm the Duke.” and, in reference to this game “It's a Cockroach.” Cockroach Poker is all about the lies. You pass a card to a player and tell them what is on the card. Could be a Cockroach, Could be a bat, could be a stinkbug. It's then up to that player to decide if you are lying or telling the truth....or kick it on down the line by checking the card, passing it to a different player and telling them what it is...or might be. I love a game with no winners and one loser. Nothing brings a table together like saying “We're all winners here...except Fred. Fred's the loser.”
Flip 7
As I stated in my review, Flip 7 has plenty in common with Blackjack. But, instead of the people sitting next to you bemoaning the fact you took a sub-optimal move, you can actively encourage other players to push their luck...just one more card. There is a bit of strategy hiding under the hood of this deck but that doesn't mean you have to even bother looking for it. The OP recently released Flip 7...with a vengeance which includes a new batch of negative take-that cards. File that under “Tell me you have no idea what made your game successful without telling me you have no idea what made your game successful.” You can read my full review here.
Don't LLAMA Dice
If adoring the original Don't LLAMA card game wasn't enough of a surprise, I think I like Don't LLAMA Dice even better. Llama's to the left of them (on cards), Llamas to the right of them (one face on each die) volley and thunder. If you have any problems tracking it down, it sometimes is listed as just LLAMA or as Don't L.L.A.M.A. Plenty of luck in this game and a huge tendency to push that luck.
Did I forget to mention this is a Reiner Knizia game?
3 Witches
3 witches is just for 3 players...who may or may not be witches. The recent Trick Taking resurgence has lasted longer than the Roll and Write plague..err..proliferation of a few years ago. Hopefully, 3 Witches will ride that wave into player's collections. You can read my full review here.
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