Paper Novel
1–6 players · 15 min · best with three or four
The line you write buys the letters you write the next one with.
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Every one deals you something face down that nobody else at the table can read — they can see how much of it you are holding, and never which of it you are about to play.
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Back Catalogue
1–5 players · 20 min · best with three
Every card is also money. That is the whole game.
Lost Ruins
1–2 players · 25 min · best with two, or one and an explorer
Opening a site costs you twenty points. Now decide.
Bazaar
1–2 players · 20 min · best with two, or one and a trader
Everything you buy is worth less to the next person.
Roses
3–6 players · 15 min · best with four or five
Everybody knows a skull is somewhere. Nobody knows where.
Safe Hands
3–6 players · 20 min · best with four
Poker, except the whole table wins together. Say anything but what you hold.
Twelve Crowns
1–4 players · 25 min · best with three
Twelve kings. One deck. You may not say what you are holding.
Sixth Takes
2–10 players · 20 min · best with five or six
Everybody plays at once. Somebody is about to regret it.
Last Word
3–12 players · 15 min · best with six
Fill in the blank and hope the right person is reading.
Live Wire
2–8 players · 10 min · best with five
Everybody has to draw. The pile is only getting shorter.