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As in its parent game Kakerlakenpoker, Kakerlakenpoker Royal has nothing to do with poker – except that the game is all about bluffing, but with cards showing cockroaches, rats, and stink bugs instead of queens, 10s, and aces. To set up the game, shuffle the deck and deal the cards out to players. On a turn, a player takes one card from his hand, lays it face down on the table, slides it to a player of his choice, and declares a type of critter, e.g., "Stink bug". The player receiving the card either:
Accepts the card, says either "true" or "false", then reveals the card. If this player is wrong in her claim, she keeps the card on the table in front of her face up; if she is right, the player who gave her the card places it face up before him.
Passes the card to another player, peeking at it first, then keeping it face-down and either saying the original type of critter or saying a new type. This new player again has the choice of accepting the card or passing it, unless the card has already been seen by all other players in which case the player must accept it and make a true/false claim.
The game ends when a player has no cards to pass on his turn or when a player has four cards of the same critter on the table in front of him. In either case, this player loses and everyone else wins.
To this, Kakerlakenpoker Royal adds new rules and new nasty "royal" critters to create more options for players during the game.
- Easy to learn and play
- Highly accessible for all ages
- Promotes laughter and community
- Can be frustrating if bluffs are consistently called
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bluffing — Tricking other people into thinking that you're handing them a card that's really a good card for them while totally ripping them off at the same time.
- Push Your Luck — Deciding whether to accept a card or pass it on.
- Take That — Ripping people off with cards.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- hello welcome to quack thank you for being here today I'm going over my personal list of the top 10 family games of all time
- when I think about a game that's crunchy that's approachable that is workable for about eight years old uh you know anyone that's an adult I think a family game is a game that almost anyone in the household can play and it's one of those games that you as a child aspire to be able to be competitive in
- this is our favorite game to bring out for date nights at a little local restaurant I'm telling you we grab railroad Inc more than almost any other Rolland right game and more than almost any other two-player game that Sher and I experience
- bullet is this perfect hybrid of a video game idea brought over into a board game Space
- the artwork is very very approachable to what I would consider a family game genre that's something you'll see throughout this list is that I I'm trying to get things that are bright and colorful and friendly and give me as a 12-year-old something that I a world that I want to explore
- it's very very approachable you roll some dice you select some dice you've got rules with where where and how you have to play them it'll teach you some visual spatial uh kind of environmental skills as you play really lovely game cannot uh cannot recommend this one highly enough
- Dice Throne is a Yatzee style roll select powers and abilities and take out your opponents with the Marvel theme on top of it
- it's about the community it's about the family around the table more than it's about the game
- this is a worker placement resource management game where you're building out this arsenal of dragons that you have
- this is an excellent game to play with well a range of adult figures Sher and I have had a great time with this and it almost never intimidates someone it doesn't look very intimidating
- when I think about staying up late at night sitting down and playing a game with a family bunny kingdom is at the very top of that list
- Marvel United gives you such a range of options when it comes to the mechanics when it comes to the characters that you can play when it comes to how challenging it can be versus how approachable and accessible it can be
- let me know what are your favorite family games of all time
- do you like the parameters that I put on this category bringing the age range up just a little bit or do you think we should cater maybe to a little bit of a younger audience