1990 · Card Game

5 Alive

Players each start with five lives and take turns playing cards to a running total. Numbered cards add their face value; players avoid pushing the total over 21 or they lose a life. Wild cards perform special actions such as resetting the total, skipping or reversing play, or forcing opponents to draw extra cards. If a player empties their hand without busting, every other player loses a life. Play continues until only one player still has lives.

groupPlayers

2–6 best 5

schedulePlaying time

30 min

cakeAge

7+

psychologyComplexity

1.2 / 5