Explore Reiner Knizia’s ludemes

• Everyone gets X

  Everyone will (usually) win the same number of auctions, or lots, or cards.

  6 games

  • Ra#113
  • Amun-Re#610
  • Medici#729
  • Money!#2386
  • Ratzia#2479
  • It's Mine!#10844

• Future sight

  You'll have to play all or most of those cards eventually. The question is when!

  2 games

  • Poison#2677
  • Art Robbery#3354

• Highest lowest

  Players have several scores, and the winner is the one whose lowest score is the highest.

  2 games

  • Tigris & Euphrates#133
  • Ingenious#644

• Highest of each

  There are several colors, with a bonus for area majority in each one.

  3 games

  • Through the Desert#531
  • Medici#729
  • Looting London#10550

• Identical private decks

  Each player starts with an identical, private pool of items (cards, tiles, etc.) they alone draw from over the course of the game.

  5 games

  • Rebirth#333
  • Foodie Forest#4655
  • Meister Makatsu#4711
  • Fish Eat Fish#13973
  • Ohio#14804

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• In-hand rummy

  Players sculpt a hand gradually; all that matters is its contents when the round ends.

  4 games

  • Circus Flohcati#2091
  • Money!#2386
  • Zero Down#4901
  • Stonk Market#21052

• Limited bid options

  There are two or three bids you can make, no more.

  3 games

  • Ra#113
  • Strozzi#3638
  • It's Mine!#10844

• No rush

  You'd rather be second than first

  5 games

  • Ingenious#644
  • Cascadero#1846
  • Kariba#1908
  • Voodoo Prince#2984
  • Abandon Ship#5165

• Not all colors score

  Some colors/suits will never score. Some will! Pick a winner.

  6 games

  • Colossal Arena#1493
  • Equinox#2923
  • Galaxy: The Dark Ages#7573
  • Looting London#10550
  • Bunte Runde#12324
  • Kartel#12711

• Once-through shared deck

  A card is flipped from a central deck and applies to all players; the game consists of seeing every, or nearly every, card once.

  5 games

  • My City#271
  • My Island#1869
  • FITS#2541
  • BITS#7419
  • Mini FITS#15040

• Outrun the bear

  The player who has done worst at a certain task is eliminated before final scoring.

  2 games

  • High Society#536
  • Art Robbery#3354

• Progressive commitment

  10 games

  • Samurai#284
  • Battle Line#334
  • Lost Cities#349
  • Botswana#1265
  • Colossal Arena#1493
  • Pollen#4463
  • Great Wall of China#4638
  • Trendy#6056
  • Hungry#6237
  • Spy#28141

• Rainbow map bonus

  There's a reward for having presence in each of several areas.

  3 games

  • Blue Lagoon#922
  • MLEM: Space Agency#979
  • Aristocracy#8143

• Redistributive auction

  Money you spend at an auction is split among the other players (immediately or eventually).

  3 games

  • Nightmare Productions#1064
  • Lost Cities: Rivals#3300
  • Silver Screen

• Reroll and lock

  Rerolling a number of dice; you must be able to use at least one or you bust.

  3 games

  • MLEM: Space Agency#979
  • Pick-omino#1634
  • Zombie Mania!#20988

• Say-any-number bidding

  Players can set or offer arbitrary prices.

  3 games

  • Modern Art#223
  • Medici#729
  • Medici vs Strozzi#3623

• Several rounds with carryover

  The game has several score-and-reset rounds, but one or two elements carry over from round to round, making the game length fixed.

  3 games

  • Ra#113
  • Art Robbery#3354
  • RA and Write#5006

• Steal matching items

  If you turn up something matching an opponent's possessions, you get to take it. Only some possessions might be vulnerable.

  5 games

  • Cheeky Monkey#3925
  • HIT! Extreme#4699
  • Family Inc.#6595
  • Africa#6676
  • Simply Ingenious#30700

• Suits without numbers

  Cards have a suit or color, but no number.

  6 games

  • Tower of Babel#2725
  • Sunrise Lane#2821
  • Rondo#5340
  • Res Publica#8845
  • Looting London#10550
  • Res Publica: 2230AD#19905

• The brink

  You have to know when to back down -- incremental auctions where even losers pay their bids.

  6 games

  • Taj Mahal#704
  • Blue Moon#1801
  • Ivanhoe#3371
  • Beowulf: The Legend#3587
  • EGO#4261
  • Blue Moon Legends