Avant Carde

Build the best cubist art exhibition by matching colors and numbers, then buy your way to a stronger deck.

πŸ‘₯ 1–5 players⏱ approx. 35 minπŸͺ„ A round to warm up8+
🧩 Solo modeβ˜… 5.8 Β· BGG #4,868

Who it's for

Fans of quick deck-building and set-collection games who enjoy optimizing hands and chasing combo synergies.

Not for you if…

You prefer games with a strong theme or narrative pull; the art-gallery premise is light dressing on a fairly abstract card-optimization engine.

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Vibe's take

Snappy and combo-driven: each hand is a small optimization puzzle, and watching a patron power click into place with your cards feels genuinely clever.

About this game

Avant Carde is a card game about assembling the best possible art exhibition from a deck of mismatched cubist cards. You play sets that match in color or number to earn money, then spend it buying stronger cards from shared gallery stacks, all while six patron powers shift what's valuable each round. Hit certain money thresholds and you earn awards, and whoever collects the most awards when the deck runs out wins.

Color-and-number set collectionSix shiftable patron powersSolo to 5-player deck game
By the numbers

Players

Best at 3 playersWorks with 1–4

Duration

25–35 min

Ages 8+

Complexity

1.8 / 5 β€” Light

BGG Rating

5.8/10

Rank #4,868

668 ratings

Published

2024

Language

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