Sandbag

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Sandbag

510.2Trick-Taking & Ladders

Players
3–6
Time
30 min
Complexity
Rating

Hot-air balloon pilots jettison sandbags and chase rockets to climb higher than their rivals and win with the lowest score.

Gameplay

Over three rounds, you play cards to tricks, dump sandbags, and sometimes play an opponent’s face-up basket card to avoid points and capture valuable rockets. Tension comes from shifting trump and trying to predict who will be forced to take the bad tricks.

ThemeAbstractThemedImmersive
RandomnessLuck-ishTacticalSkill
InteractionMinimalIndirectDirect
LearningIntuitiveModerateHeavy
TempoLightThoughtfulIntense
BoardGameGeek Ratings:6.22.00BoardGameGeek

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