Official The Game Rules
How To Play The Game
1 - 5
Players
8+
Ages
20 MIN
Play Time
$13
Price
In The Game, players are working together to play cards into one of four piles. Cooperatively discard all 98 cards and win against the game itself. However, there is one caveat-you can't reveal the cards in your hand to anyone else. The tension builds as every card played may disrupt your best-laid plans. Will your team be able to work together to beat the game, or will the cards get in the way?
The Game is a quick and addictive card game of hand management, memory, and just a dash of luck, designed for either solitaire or a host of up to five players. At any point, the game puts challenges in the way: being tactical as to when and which cards are placed, as well as having a notion about what others will be doing at that particular turn. That's really teamwork-the talking and second-guessing with absolutely no mention of one's cards.
During the game, four rows are built in the middle of the table: two in ascending order, with numbers 1 through 99, and two in descending order, with numbers 100 through 2. The aim for your team is to play as many cards as possible into these rows, and to work together to get all 98 cards played. This is a really co-operative challenge, needing a great deal of thought and planning-but also some luck.
Quickly learned in five minutes, played in 20: That's all it takes to learn to play The Game. This critically acclaimed card game is a must-play, and you'll be thrilled with something new every time it's played. Get your own copy of The Game and try to beat it with your friends!
The Game is a quick and addictive card game of hand management, memory, and just a dash of luck, designed for either solitaire or a host of up to five players. At any point, the game puts challenges in the way: being tactical as to when and which cards are placed, as well as having a notion about what others will be doing at that particular turn. That's really teamwork-the talking and second-guessing with absolutely no mention of one's cards.
During the game, four rows are built in the middle of the table: two in ascending order, with numbers 1 through 99, and two in descending order, with numbers 100 through 2. The aim for your team is to play as many cards as possible into these rows, and to work together to get all 98 cards played. This is a really co-operative challenge, needing a great deal of thought and planning-but also some luck.
Quickly learned in five minutes, played in 20: That's all it takes to learn to play The Game. This critically acclaimed card game is a must-play, and you'll be thrilled with something new every time it's played. Get your own copy of The Game and try to beat it with your friends!
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When the game is over, count how many cards were not played and still in other player's hands. If less than 10 cards are present - good job, that's pretty good. If all 98 cards were played, congratulations - you beat the game.
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