It’s best with more players, because then it’s harder to maintain control over all of the stacks. The different types of numbers are a good feature, because they slow down your brain a little while you’re trying to compare the cards in your hand with the stacks on the table. It’s hard not to get into this game and it can be quite competitive. And, of course, there’s the aforementioned issue with long fingernails.īut it’s still quite a bit of fun to play if you want a quick-playing game with a good measure of pandemonium. You will sometimes have to decide whether to count up or down on a stack-make the stack bigger and risk somebody else taking it, or take it back down but be unable to grab it for yourself? There can also be some stand-offs when a lot of players are holding 5s but nobody wants to play the 4. Okay, so this is not a game that involves deep strategy. Then all the cards are sorted back into their colors and you continue until somebody reaches 100 points.
You count up the number of cards in your scoring pile and subtract the number of cards in your junk pile, and that’s your score.
However, you don’t want to do it too often because cards in your junk pile count against you.Īs soon as a player is out of cards, they shout “Out!” and play stops. If you don’t want to play a card (or just need to swap out for something new) you can put a card from your hand into your junk pile and draw a new one to replace it. No double-fisting here.Īlso, each player has a junk pile. You can only be holding three cards in your hand at a time, and you can only play one card at a time-with only one hand throughout the game. Once everyone has their three starting cards in hand, you just all play at once.Ī couple things to remember: There can only be as many stacks in the center as there are players. Of course, what makes the game interesting is that there are no turns. When you play a 5 on a stack, you shout “Ratuki!” and you get to take that stack for your scoring pile. In the center play area, you can start building stacks-with a 1 or a wild card-and then the stacks can go up or down in numerical order. You start with your own shuffled deck of cards and draw three. The rules are pretty simple and quick to learn. One note: because this is the sort of game where multiple players are slapping down cards in the same place, it’s pretty easy for the cards to get bent during play, but I’m not sure that there’s much you could do about that. In addition to the numbers 1 to 5, there are also a few cards that say “Ratuki” on them which can serve as wild cards. The cards are colorful and easily read-though the mix of numeral types is intentionally confusing when you’re going at high speeds. There are 34 cards in each of five different colors, one deck for each player. If there were some sort of theme on it you wouldn’t really have time to think about it anyway-at least, not without losing.
Okay, yeah, I have no idea what “Ratuki” is supposed to mean, but this is not the sort of game that has a real theme to it. Not a game for deep thinkers but it makes a good filler between games of Thunderstone and Settlers of America. Who Will Like It? I’d recommend this particularly for players who enjoy chaotic free-for-alls (like Hecho, for instance) that reward speedy card-playing and quick reflexes. Just watch out for long fingernails.Īges: 8 and up (though younger players may be able to learn it) It’s not a deep game, but it’s fast-paced and can be quite entertaining to play. Overview: Ratuki, a new card game from Hasbro, combines the stack-building of games like Skip-Bo with the speed and chaos of Spoons.
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