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X nimmt!

Game ID: GID0394734
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It's time to run from the bulls once again in X nimmt!

This card game starts with the same premise as the well-known 6 nimmt!: Each turn, players all simultaneously reveal one card from their hand, then these cards are placed into existing rows one at a time, starting with the lowest-valued card. If a row is full, then whoever played that final card takes all of the cards already in the row, scoring negative points for all of the bullheads on those cards.

X nimmt! changes these rules a few ways. Each player starts with eight cards in hand and a personal X row. Played cards will be placed into three rows, with those rows being able to hold three, four or five cards. Whenever someone takes cards from a row, those cards go into the player's hand, then the player must play one card into their personal X row.

All cards in this X row must also be played in ascending order! If you can't do this, then you place all of those X cards aside in order to start a new X row, with the value of those set-aside cards now being doubled.

A round ends after someone plays the final card in their hand, and whoever has the fewest negative points after two rounds wins.

This game was called Take A Number when included in the two game set Take 5 & Take A Number.

Year Published
2016
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • classic, quick play
  • easy to pick up
Cons
  • some players may find it repetitive
Thematic elements
  • numerical ranking with risk
  • card game
  • classic family game
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  • card drafting / trick-taking — players play cards trying to avoid taking lots of cards
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  • One of the greatest experiences I've ever had playing a board game ever.
  • It's all about board games, but especially the people who play them.
  • This is Look Back, a series that I do where I talk about games that I reviewed one year ago, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, and 20 years ago during this time frame.
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