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2004 Ranked #6,460

Who's The Ass?

This shedding card game has players race to empty their hands while avoiding the troublesome ass that can derail progress. Finishing first leaves negative points for everyone else, but getting stuck with cards can reverse a promising round.

Party Games Card Game Ladder Climbing Hand Management Animals: Donkeys

Players

3-12

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

6.11

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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?

An exciting and fun cardgame for large and small gaming groups by Wolfgang Kramer! Just as I was winning, the ass appeared!

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Ladder Climbing

Play increasingly strong combinations until opponents cannot or choose not to respond.
Read the full game description

An exciting and fun cardgame for large and small gaming groups by Wolfgang Kramer! Just as I was winning, the ass appeared! Now I am stuck with a hand full of cards again! The aim of the game is it to get rid of your cards as fast as possible. Once done, all other players score negative points. However, beware of the ass... and do not feel sorry if it sticks on you! Re-implemented by: Ochs & Esel (2008) Das GROSSE und das kleine A (1996)

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Type

2
Party Games Family Games

Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

2
Hand Management Ladder Climbing

Family

2
Animals: Donkeys Card Games: Climbing

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–12
Best with
4–12
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Wolfgang Kramer

Artists

1
François Bruel

Publishers

4
999 Games Game Factory Lautapelit.fi Phalanx Games B.V.