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.
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.
older than 98% of games
collected more than 62% of games
Best with 5 or 6
shorter than 51% of games · typical 30–90 min
Explained in 5 minutes · 1.5 out of 5 · lighter than 74%
Some love it, others really don’t
Playable without the language