Botswana

Play animal cards to swing each color's value, grab chips as bets, and hope you backed the right colors.

👥 2–5 players⏱ approx. 30 min🪄 Rules in 5 min8+

★ 6.5 · BGG #1,301

Who it's for

Players who love elegant, quick Knizia fillers with speculation and bluffing, where simple rules hide sharp reads on your opponents.

Not for you if…

You want depth, theme, or a longer experience. The bare abstract math and short runtime can leave heavier-game fans wanting more.

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Vibe's take

A tense little game of shares and nerve where every card you play publicly moves a value everyone has bet on.

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About this game

A painfully simple Reiner Knizia card game with real bite. Five colors of animal cards, numbered zero to five, get dealt out, and each turn you play a card and grab a matching chip of any available color. When a color runs out of cards, the last card played sets the value of every chip in that color. Bet on the right colors and the highest total wins.

The last card played sets a color's valueEach chip you grab is a speculative betSimple rules with sharp, bluff-heavy tension

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from $25

from $25 · Amazon.com BGG