Lunch Money

A card brawl on the playground where you punch, poke and humiliate your friends for their lunch money.

Designers: John Nephew, Charlie Wiedman
Published by: Atlas Games
Editions by: NekoCorp

Lunch Money is a card game that treats the playground as a battlefield. A little girl appears on every card, you play cards with names like Poke in the Eye, Uppercut and Humiliation, and the goal is to knock your opponents out and take their lunch money. The theme is odd and slightly absurd, but once you get past it, it is a quick, mean little brawler where hand management and timing matter more than luck. Not for the weak of heart: you will hit your friends, and they will hit back. The last player standing wins. A 1996 design for two to four players.

Attack cards like Poke in the Eye and UppercutBeat rivals until one player is leftPlayground theme with a very mean streak

Who it's for

You like cutting card fights between friends and can enjoy a goofy theme. Be ready for some grudges.

Not for you if…

You dislike take-that games or do not want to be attacked directly. Everything here is aimed at the other players.

Vibe's take

Snappy, mean and slightly absurd. You size up your hand, pick a victim and hope your target does not have the perfect comeback.