Cabo

Peek, spy and swap face-down cards, then call Cabo when you think your total is lowest.

Designers: Melissa Limes, Mandy Henning
Published by: Eventide Games
Editions by: Smiling Monster Games

In Cabo you want the lowest total value in front of you, but you don't know what all your cards are when the game begins. Using certain cards, you can peek at one of your own, spy on an opponent's, or swap one of yours with theirs, slowly sorting out where the low cards are. When you think you have the lowest total, you call Cabo to end the round, and everyone else gets one more turn to catch up. Cabo is a memory-and-nerve game, and the timing of your call is half the fun: call too early and you're caught out, call too late and someone else gets ahead. Two to five players, around thirty minutes, from age eight.

Cards that peek, spy and swapCall Cabo to end the roundLowest total wins

Who it's for

You want a fast card game where memory and nerve matter, for two to five people at a table.

Not for you if…

You'd rather have deep planning. The game is quick, based on partial memory and a bit of luck.

Vibe's take

Light, tense and full of small bluffs. You are always half-sure what you hold, and calling Cabo feels like jumping off a diving board.