Pico
Included in
Cards & Tokens
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2 players
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11 cards numbered 2–10, 13 & 16
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Optional: Some dice or a notepad to keep score
Setup
- Shuffle all cards, remove one in secret and deal rest face-down evenly.
Gameplay
- Game plays two rounds.
- Each turn, both players secretly choose a card from their hand and plays it face-down.
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Cards are revealed and scored:
- Larger value wins, unless
- it's over 2x compared to the other. (10 beats 5 but loses to 4).
- Winning card stays face-up in front of the player that played it. Losing card is picked up by the player who played it.
- Repeat until one player has only one card left.
Scoring & Next round
- At the end of the round, calculate red dots in front of each player and score accordingly.
- Don't shuffle the cards but switch hands.
- Play another round.
- After 2 rounds, winner is the one with more points in total.
Score reference
| Card value | Points |
|---|---|
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 |
| 13 | 3 |
| 16 | 4 |