Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Tails on Fire is an interactive card game in which the ever-changing selection of the best three playing cards for a round leads to a permanent dilemma. At the start of a round, players choose only 3 cards out of up to 10 to use this round.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Tails on Fire is an interactive card game in which the ever-changing selection of the best three playing cards for a round leads to a permanent dilemma. At the start of a round, players choose only 3 cards out of up to 10 to use this round. On their turn they can either play a card exactly 1 higher than the last or pass. If your card is still on top of the playing pile when your turn comes around again, then you win the round and take a fire card and sometimes steal some more from others. At the end of the game, the player with the most flames wins!