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Cockroach Poker

Pass a facedown creature to someone and make a claim they must believe, challenge or pass on.

CompetitivePlay against each other
Players
2–6
Playing time
30 min
Rules
light

How it plays

Choose a creature card from your hand, slide it facedown to another player and name what you say it is. They can decide whether your statement is true or false. A correct judgment makes you take the card faceup; a mistaken judgment makes them take it.

Instead of deciding, they may peek and pass it to someone who has not seen it, repeating the claim or changing it. Eventually someone must judge. In the usual multiplayer game, the first person to collect four of one creature loses, and everyone else shares the win.

Decisions you’ll make

Visible penalty cards make the choice of recipient matter. Offering someone a creature they already have three of creates a different problem from offering a type they have never collected.

Passing avoids a decision now, but after looking you become the person making the next claim. Consider which remaining player is likely to question that new story.

Learning the game

Light: offer a card, judge the claim or pass it onward; the visible creature collections track danger.

LEARN THE GAME

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How to Play Cockroach Poker | Board Game Rules & Instructions

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