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Paper Safari box art
2008 Ranked #5,550

Paper Safari

A card game has players swap and replace hidden cards to finish each round with the lowest total. Limited information makes every replacement a gamble on whether an unseen value is truly better.

Card Game Children's Game Open Drafting Score-and-Reset Game

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

6.74

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

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?

In Paper Safari, first released as Ruby Gloom: The Game, each player tries to get the lowest sum possible with their six cards in play, swapping and replacing them according to the rules of play.

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In Paper Safari, first released as Ruby Gloom: The Game, each player tries to get the lowest sum possible with their six cards in play, swapping and replacing them according to the rules of play. Whoever has the lowest sum wins the round, and whoever wins three rounds first wins the game.

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
30 min
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Kevin Kim

Artists

5
Hami Kevin Kim Marcin Minor Playoff Inc. Earl Rhym

Publishers

2
Mandoo Games Playoff Games