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Rage

An Oh Hell!-style trick-taker where you bid exactly and twist the rules with wild special cards.

Rage is a trick-taking card game from 1983 built on the Oh Hell! formula: you bid exactly how many tricks you will win, then try to take exactly that many. A game lasts ten hands, and the hand size shrinks by one card each time down to a single card. The deck runs from zero to fifteen in six suits, trump is chosen at random and can be changed mid-hand with special cards. Other special cards can wipe out trump for a trick, be declared as any suit and value, or hand out bonuses and penalties to whoever wins the trick they were played on. It is a lively, chaotic bidding game that works for anything from two up to ten players.

Bid exactly, take exactlyHand size shrinks from ten to oneSpecial cards that change trump

Who it's for

You like trick-taking games with a bidding twist and a rowdy table, and you can have anywhere from two to ten players.

Not for you if…

You want a calm, plan-it-all card game. Special cards make results swingy.

Vibe's take

Lively and unpredictable. Your plan looks perfect until a special card flips the trump, and then everyone scrambles to hit their exact bid.

#4,938 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 1983 · 43 years ago

older than 98% of games

In 5,627 collections

collected more than 62% of games

2–10 players · ages 8+

Best with 5 or 6

about 45 min

shorter than 51% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: light

Explained in 5 minutes · 1.5 out of 5 · lighter than 74%

Opinions: divided

Some love it, others really don’t

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive

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