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Tabletop Arcade |
Short introductions to quick tabletop games I discover here, there and everywhere. |
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Last year I joined my first tabletop games meetup in Offenbach, Germany.
I got hooked on a rowdy German card game called Banana Bandido, and proceeded expanding my collection little by little 😁
Before I joined the meetup, the world of gaming seemed rule-heavy and impenetrable to my only casual interest. But I've been having fun discovering games that liven up a get-together and make it easy to join in!
Have a look, and if you have any suggestions for new games, please comment!
✨ = Favorite games with instructions on this website.
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| Banana Bandido | 2-5 👦| fast pace | Banana generators, stick stealers and baboon's butts: in this fast-paced card game, use any means necessary to collect the most bananas! | 
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| Durak ✨ | 4-8 👦| fast pace | Gang up on (defenseless? 😁 ) opponents in this souped-up version of War for 4-8 players. | 
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| Pigtail ✨ | 3+ 👦| fast pace | This Japanese party game is guaranteed to work even if even you've had one Sake too many...| 
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| Spicy | 2-6 👦| fast pace | Lie your way to the top with these beautifully illustrated, Korean-style cards numbered 1-10 in the suits wasabi, chili, and pepper. Kind of like the American game "BS", but spiffier. | |
| President | 4-10 👦| fast pace | Shed cards as fast as possible by winning tricks with single cards or multiples-of-a-kind. 2's are high and the winner gets a fancy title 😁 | |
| Scopa! | 2 👦| fast pace | In this traditional Italian two-player, use your numbered cards in the suits coins, sticks, swords and cups to match as many cards on the board as possible. If you sweep them all away: "Scopa!" (means broom), you get an extra point. | 
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| 66 ✨ | 2 👦| medium pace | Use memory and strategy in this traditional German game, and make tricks and combinations to reach 66 before your opponent! | 
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| Pick-omino/Heckmeck | 2-7 👦| medium pace | Dice-rolling game where you have to match the rolled numbers with numbered domino-like pieces on the table. Weird worm-and-chicken based theme, but if it's fun, who cares? | 
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| Oh Hell! | 3-7 👦| medium pace | This trick-making game is more about guessing how many tricks your hand can make than actually making the tricks themselves. Hands change incrementally in size throughout rounds. | |
| Blitz ✨ | 2-7 👦| relaxed pace | Win by not losing! In this fun Blackjack predecessor, keep your lives to stay afloat. | 
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| Hive | 2 👦| relaxed pace | Boardless boardgame for two players. Move your hexagonal insect pieces around the field to surround your opponent's queen bee and win the hive. | 
| Garbage ✨ | 2 👦| relaxed pace | Be the first to collect the cards A-10 on a 10-card grid. This easy (and fun) two-player is a good mindless accompaniment to conversation.| 
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