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1993 Ranked #16,825

Double Down

A running-total card game has players add or subtract values while avoiding forbidden totals to keep their chips. Each mistake costs a chip, so the last player still holding any survives the escalating arithmetic.

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Players

2-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.06/5

Rating

5.62

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

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?

Double Down, first released as Lobo 77, is a simple game of playing cards to add to (or subtract from) a running total. Players must try to avoid creating a total which is a multiple of 11, or taking the total over 77.

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Double Down, first released as Lobo 77, is a simple game of playing cards to add to (or subtract from) a running total. Players must try to avoid creating a total which is a multiple of 11, or taking the total over 77. Chips, given out at the start of the game, are lost as players fail to keep to these rules. The last player with chips remaining wins.

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Play and group

Players
2–8
Best with
3–8
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Thomas Pauli

Artists

1
Oliver Freudenreich

Publishers

1
AMIGO

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