# Take 5

Take 5 is a board game for 2–10 players. It plays in 45 minutes and is meant for ages 8 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 5. It is rated 7 out of 10 by 180 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $8.04 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–10 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 45 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 8+
- **Complexity:** 1.2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1994
- **Categories:** Party Game, Card Game, Number
- **Mechanics:** Push Your Luck, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection, Score-and-Reset Game, Ordering
- **Ludoya rating:** 7 out of 10, from 180 reviews
- **Owned by:** 383 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 3,739
- **Unique players:** 2,900

**Designers:** Wolfgang Kramer

**Artists:** Timur Baskakov, Oliver Freudenreich, Gatis Sluka, Franz Vohwinkel, Design Edge, Bill Herrin

**Publishers:** AMIGO

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 19.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/boardgame/153/take-5 |
| 401 Games | 11.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/beat-the-heat |
| Board Game Bliss | 11.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/take-6 |
| Milan Spiele | 8.3 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/6-nimmt-p-2689.html |
| Good Games | 14 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/vr-6-nimmt |
| Zatu Games | 7.59 £ | https://zatu.com/products/6-nimmt |
| Gameology | 14.95 $ | https://www.gameology.com.au/products/6-nimmt |
| Games Empire | 14.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/6-nimmt |
| FD Games | 11.15 € | https://fdgames.eu/index.php?id_product=1526&rewrite=toma-6&controller=product&id_lang=2 |
| Fantasiapelit | 11.9 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_118734 |
| Zacatrus | 12.15 € | https://zacatrus.es/toma-6.html |
| Va de jocs | 12.6 € | https://vadejocs.es/producto/toma-6 |
| TLAMA games | 309 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/6-bere/ |
| La Gameria | 12.95 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/toma-6-742.html |
| Mono de Juegos | 13 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/toma-6/ |
| Goblin Trader Barcelona | 13.95 € | https://www.goblintrader.es/es/inicio/30187-toma-6-8437020827737.html |
| Jugar x Jugar | 13.95 € | https://www.jugarxjugar.com/shop/a-partir-de-10-anos/270-toma-6-8437020827737.html |
| World of Board Games | 159 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/6-nimmt-sve |
| Ludifolie | 14.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/12-6-qui-prend.html |
| Alphaspel | 169 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/5117-6-nimmt-tjurskalle-se |
| Spellenhuis | 14.99 € | https://www.spellenhuis.nl/take-5 |
| Spielezar | 14.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/kartenspiele/6-nimmt |
| GryPlanszowe.pl | 69 zł | https://gryplanszowe.pl/product-pol-6883-6-bierze-gra-planszowa.html |
| Spelexperten | 179 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/kortspel/6-nimmt-eng.html |
| Nordisk Spil | 119 kr | https://nordiskspil.dk/products/6-nimmt |
| Hyggeonkel | 119.95 kr | https://www.hyggeonkel.dk/produkt/6-nimmt |
| Spilforsyningen | 129.95 kr | https://spilforsyningen.dk/products/6-nimmt-nordic |
| Nexus | 2495 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/6-nimmt/ |

## Expansions

- [6 nimmt! Plus](https://www.ludoya.com/games/6-nimmt-plus)
- [6 qui prend!: L'extension vachement bien](https://www.ludoya.com/games/6-qui-prend-lextension-vachement-bien)
- [6 nimmt!: Luggage Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/6-nimmt-luggage-promo-card)
- [6 nimmt!: Even/Odd](https://www.ludoya.com/games/6-nimmt-evenodd)
- [Take 5: The Jumping Cow](https://www.ludoya.com/games/6-nimmt-the-jumping-cow)

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## Rules questions

### Do I choose and play just one card each turn or can I play more?

Each turn every player selects one card from their hand and places it face-down; after all players have played a card they are revealed simultaneously and then resolved (page 2). Rounds last 10 turns (page 4).

### How do I decide which row my card must go on?

You must play your card at the end of a row where its number is higher than that row’s last card and where the difference to that last card is the smallest (the least higher option) (page 3).

### In what order are revealed cards played to the rows?

After revealing, cards are played from lowest to highest number: the player with the lowest revealed card goes first, then the second-lowest, and so on until all revealed cards are placed (pages 2–3).

### If my card is lower than all the row end-cards, what happens to the taken cards — do they go into my hand?

If your card is lower than every row’s end card you must take all cards from one row of your choice and place them face-down into your Bull Pile (they do NOT go into your hand), then play your revealed card to start a replacement row (page 4).

### What happens if my card would be the sixth card in a row?

When your card would become the sixth card in a row you must pick up the five cards already in that row and add them to your Bull Pile, then use your revealed card to start the replacement row (page 5).

### How is scoring done and when does the game end?

After each 10-card round players count the bullhead penalty points in their Bull Piles; play additional rounds (redeal) until a player exceeds 66 penalty points, and the player with the lowest total at that moment wins (page 6).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/6-nimmt)
- [Take 5 in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/6-nimmt)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/432)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._