The greatest card game of all time…?
FLIP 7
Designer: Eric Olsen | Publisher: The Op Games
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
◗ 94 Cards
◗ Rules sheet
It takes some stones to put ‘The greatest card game of all time!’ on your game box. It’s just this kind of bravado that can serve you well in Flip 7 - or just as easily send screams of delight around the table as you bust one more time. Because while Flip 7 certainly isn’t the best card game of all time by any serious metric I can think of, it is a fast-paced and entertaining push-your-luck game. Better still, it should be just as well received by your family after a family dinner as it will around a late-night convention table. In the box, you’ll find a pack of around 100 cards and a rules sheet. Shuffle the cards, and you’re ready to play. The game works with as few as three players, peaks around six, and can easily accommodate 10 or more. One card is dealt to each player face up, with any special abilities on them triggering immediately (we’ll get to that in a bit). Then, one at a time, players take cards until they either stick or bust. At the end of a round, everyone scores their points (or not on a bust), with rounds continuing until one player hits 200 points and triggers the end game (complete the round, highest score wins).