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Pico box art
1996 Ranked #19,320

Pico

Manage cards in hand to time plays, combos, and scoring windows.

Card Game Simultaneous Action Selection Hand Management

Players

2-3

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.2/5

Rating

5.73

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 3.6/5

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?

Second-guessing game with just 11 cards in the deck. Players select cards simultaneously; high card wins unless it's more than twice the opponent's play.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Second-guessing game with just 11 cards in the deck. Players select cards simultaneously; high card wins unless it's more than twice the opponent's play. Losing card is returned to its owner's hand, while the winning card is scored. Card distribution is slightly different than that of Pico 2. Pico cards run 2-10, 13 and 16. The later version, Pico 2, sees the cards run 4-13, 16. Re-implemented by: Pico 2

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–3
Best with
2
Play time
10 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Doris Matthäus Frank Nestel

Artists

1
Doris Matthäus

Publishers

1
Doris & Frank