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1981 Ranked #10,364

Armchair Cricket

A cricket simulation card game has opponents take turns batting and bowling through different match formats. Specially designed cards resolve scoring, bringing limited-over, test, and casual matches to the table.

Card Game Sports Trick-taking Sports: Cricket

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.91/5

Rating

6.56

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

From the box: "Captures all the excitement of the real game, whether Limited Overs, Test Matches, or knockabout "Beer" matches. Players take turns batting and bowling at each other, using a unique scoring system based on the specially designed playing cards."

Core mechanisms

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Category

2

Mechanism

1

Family

1

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Don Arnold (II)

Publishers

2
Gibsons Norfolk House Enterprises

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