2019 · Science Fiction

Sabacc

Players build a hand from a deck of positive, negative and zero-value cards, aiming to finish closest to a total of zero. Each player is dealt two cards and, over three rounds, takes turns drawing (with the option to redraw), swapping with the discard pile, standing, or junking (folding). At the end of each round dice are rolled; matching symbols trigger a reshuffle that discards current hands and redeals replacements for discarded cards. Hands score by numeric total and by special ranked combinations (for example, all-zero or balanced high/low sets) that can override totals when determining the winner.

groupPlayers

2–8 best 4

schedulePlaying time

5–15 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

1.3 / 5