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R-Eco

Collect trash with a five-card truck, deliver it to the right recycling centers and out-earn the other companies.

You run a trash-sorting company, and the city is a mess. Dump sites hold piles of unsorted garbage, shown as cards, and your hand is your truck. Grab what you can, then drive each type to the matching recycling center. Every delivery that fills a center's quota earns you a payment from the city. There is a catch: the truck holds only five cards, and if you overload it you have to dump the excess illegally, which costs you money. So the game is about timing, grabbing the right cards before someone else does, and knowing when to unload. The richest company ends up as the one and only authorized garbage collector. It is light, clever and quick, about half an hour, with a nicely green theme.

Your hand is a five-item truckFill recycling quotas to get paidOverloading costs you money

Who it's for

You want a short card game with a clever hand-limit twist and a theme that is a little different from dragons and spaceships.

Not for you if…

You want deep strategy or lots of direct interaction. It is a neat, small card game, not a big decision-fest.

Vibe's take

Brisk and tactical. You are always weighing one more pickup against the overload fine, and watching what others take changes your plan every turn.

#2,958 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2003 Β· 23 years ago

older than 90% of games

In 2,598 collections

collected more than 37% of games

2–5 players Β· ages 8+

Best with 3 Β· publisher: 10+

about 30 min

shorter than 69% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: light

Explained in 5 minutes Β· 1.5 out of 5 Β· lighter than 73%

Opinions: broad agreement

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Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive

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