Card Games

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A party game when it pays to think like everyone else, like the herd.

There is a simple question on each card.  You have to guess how the majority of people would answer it.  If you are right, you win cows.  However if you are in a minority of one, hard luck.  You get the dreaded pink cow and your cows are worthless.

4-20 players,

Age suitability: 10 years plus

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A fast paced 15 minute game that is good fun for all ages.

Place the category cards in a stack in the middle of the table. Surround it with three of the letter cards. Players race to shout a word that connects a letter to an adjacent category e.g. something made of metal starting with T? (Answer: Tin). 

The quickest player wins the card and uses it to build their own pizza pyramid. The first player to complete their pizza (nine cards total) wins the game.

Flip 7 claims to be the 'Greatest Card Game of All Time'.  Who am I to argue.

It doesn't have too many rules, so it's quick to learn.  It's fast and it's fun and those clever clogs who like to work out the odds of each card appearing don't always win.  Lady Luck plays a big part.

So there is a pack of 94 cards: twelve twelves, eleven elevens, ten tens etc plus a few special cards which may bump up your score, knock you out of that round or save you from being knocked out.

Everyone is dealt one card. Then the dealer goes round and asks each person if they would like to flip another card.  If yes, the top card of the pack is flipped over.  If that card's number matches another card in the player's hand then they're out of that round with zero points.  If it doesn't, that's great, they get to score points.  If the player chooses not to flip, they get to bank their points. The question is how far do you push your luck?  Do you carry on flipping and risk losing your points or do you play safe and bank?  First player to get to 200 points wins.

3 or more players.

20 minutes a game.

Age suitability: 8 years plus.

Like Flip 7 but with nastier action cards.  Does that make it greater than @The Greatest Card Game of All Time' as the normal Flip 7 claims to be?

108 cards, as opposed to 94.

20 minutes.

3+ players.

Age suitability: 8 years plus but no sore losers.

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Travel sized edition of the popular game, packaged in a nice, robust tin.  

The Chameleon is a social deduction game where the whole table knows a secret word or topic except one, 'The Chameleon'. Players take turns saying words associated with the topic, but who is trying to blend in? Point at your suspect at the end of the round. Keep your words vague enough that the chameleon can't catch on, but not too vague that you end up being suspected as the chameleon!

A team based guessing game. Players take turns to describe two words to their team within the 45 second limit, but without hesitating or saying 'umm, err' etc. Extra rules are added along the way to make for a hilariously chaotic game. Most eloquent team wins.

4-10 players. Games last around 15 minutes. 

Suitable for ages 10+

A party game when it pays to think like everyone else, like the herd.

There is a simple question on each card.  You have to guess how the majority of people would answer it.  If you are right, you win cows.  However if you are in a minority of one, hard luck.  You get the dreaded pink cow and your cows are worthless.

4-20 players,

Age suitability: 10 years plus

This is a great travel game, packaged in a nice robust tin. 

Deal out the fish, one player will get the blue and the rest will have red. Read aloud the trivia question, the players with red fish will give fake answers and the one blue player will give the real answer. Each round, one player has to catch the fake answers, separating the truthful blue fish from the red herrings.

4-8 players. Games last about 15 minutes.

Suitable for ages 10+