The Game

Ninety-eight cards, four piles, and a team that has to empty the deck without ever saying a number out loud.

👥 1–5 players⏱ approx. 20 min🪄 Rules in 5 min8+

SdJ 2015 · nominated🤝 Cooperative🧩 Solo mode★ 6.5 · BGG #1,338

Who it's for

Puzzle-minded co-op fans who enjoy quiet teamwork and do not mind losing a few times before it finally clicks.

Not for you if…

You want to freely discuss your hand with teammates, because the strict communication limit is the entire point of the game.

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Vibe's take

quiet, puzzly, cooperative, tense, brain-tickling

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About this game

The Game hands your team 98 cards and one shared, brutally simple goal: get rid of every single one. Two piles climb from 1, two piles count down from 100, and the only twist that saves you is the ten-jump rule, playing exactly ten higher or lower than what is showing. The real challenge is the silence, you can hint that a play feels risky, but you cannot say numbers, so trusting your team's vague warnings becomes the whole game. It fits in a coat pocket, plays solo just as well as full table, and somehow every single group loses at least once before finally clearing the deck.

Ninety-eight cards, four pilesThe clever ten-jump ruleSolo mode, pocket-sized box

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from $25

from $25 · Amazon.com BGG