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2018 Ranked #18,648

Saint Poker

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

Card Game Hand Management

Players

2-5

Play time

10-20 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.67/5

Rating

5.98

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 3.6/5

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?

Loosely based on poker Texas hold 'em poker card game but without a bidding phase. The game is played over several rounds and has more strategic decisions to make because you have more knowledge and influence of the cards.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Read the full game description

Loosely based on poker Texas hold 'em poker card game but without a bidding phase. The game is played over several rounds and has more strategic decisions to make because you have more knowledge and influence of the cards. Components required: Standard deck of 52 cards. Pen and paper for keeping score. Won 2nd place in the 2018 54-Card Game Design Contest for Best Game Using a Standard 54-Card Deck. Play On-line at BoardGameArena: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=saintpoker

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Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

1
Hand Management

Family

2
Components: Traditional Playing Cards Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–4
Play time
10–20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
RicardoRix

Artists

1
RicardoRix

Publishers

1
(Web published)

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