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I'm a huge fan of card games that can be played with a regular deck of cards, and I play Cuttle with my kids somewhat regularly. It's a fast-paced game, but you

I'm a huge fan of card games that can be played with a regular deck of cards, and I play Cuttle with my kids somewhat regularly. It's a fast-paced game, but you do have to get over the initial learning curve of the effects. I find just printing out a piece of paper with a quick reference on it helps. As others have alluded to in the thread, teaching people the rules is a barrier. As I looked around for a professionally printed game, I found a game that was very much like Magic the Gathering, but also just a single box of cards called Mindbug. https://mindbug.me/ https://mindbug.me/ Turns out it was designed by some folks that brought Richard Garfield in near the end of its design and he ended up having some say in the final product. I've played it a couple of times and each game is only played with a random subset of the cards, so the combinatorics create a lot of replay value.

BiteCode_dev 2y ago
+1 for mindbug and its extensions. The games are quick and nervous, players only have 3 pv. The card effects are interesting, the illustrations illarious and the interractions a lot of fun. The twist of the game, the mindbug itself, is a blast of bluffing and gambling that garanties some smiles. Limited to 2 players but a great small box to have on all occasion of you are into that kind of stuff. The rules are simple so ir's easy to get in.
failrate 2y ago
There is also the game "Scuttle ", which is Cuttle on a deck of cards printed with the different abilities.
y-curious 2y ago
You may as well go for the OG deckbuilder: Dominion. It's my favorite board game and has lots of expansions.
- remram 2y ago
  That's a very different kind of game.
remram 2y ago
Epic Card Game is another cheaper/fast MTG alternative. The base set costs $10 and comes with 120 unique cards, enough for 4 players, constructing decks, or drafting. No lands like in MTG, no weak cards, I found it to be really fun. The name is stupid though, impossible to search on the web or YouTube (everybody had an "epic" round of some card game), a shame. https://www.epiccardgame.com/learn https://www.epiccardgame.com/learn I second Mindbug too. Also Radlands.
- mdaniel 2y ago
  They're not doing themselves any favors with <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epiccardgame.epicapp#:~:text=is%20not%20available%20for%20any%20of%20your%20devices https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epiccardga...> and I'm guessing it being so ancient is why it doesn't show up in the Play Store searches
  - remram 2y ago
    Yeah the game has been dropped by its authors at this point, but there are a lot of cards available (I ended up buying the entire collection of all packs and expansions for $100 on Amazon... though I never pull it all out) and the mobile app works (including multiplayer, simultaneous or not, and bots).
    - mdaniel 2y ago
      Then why in the world would they continue to link to Play from their site? Is their website abandonware, too?
      - remram 2y ago
        Maybe I misunderstood, does the link (the one you posted) not work for you?
        mdaniel 2y ago
        > This app is not available for any of your devices and the Install button is "grayed out". That explains why https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Epic%20Card%20Game&c=apps https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Epic%20Card%20Game&c=... from my device only came back with sponsored ads and Hearthstone because they have effectively be delisted from Play -- still available if you have the actual link, but not showing up in search results from the device
yochaigal 2y ago
I'm also a huge fan of games that use a standard deck. I absolutely love Regicide for example, which can be purchased with an original deck (the art is nice) but plays with any 52-card deck.

BiteCode_dev 2y ago

+1 for mindbug and its extensions. The games are quick and nervous, players only have 3 pv. The card effects are interesting, the illustrations illarious and the interractions a lot of fun. The twist of the game, the mindbug itself, is a blast of bluffing and gambling that garanties some smiles. Limited to 2 players but a great small box to have on all occasion of you are into that kind of stuff. The rules are simple so ir's easy to get in.

failrate 2y ago

There is also the game "Scuttle ", which is Cuttle on a deck of cards printed with the different abilities.

y-curious 2y ago

You may as well go for the OG deckbuilder: Dominion. It's my favorite board game and has lots of expansions.

remram 2y ago
That's a very different kind of game.

remram 2y ago

Epic Card Game is another cheaper/fast MTG alternative. The base set costs $10 and comes with 120 unique cards, enough for 4 players, constructing decks, or drafting. No lands like in MTG, no weak cards, I found it to be really fun. The name is stupid though, impossible to search on the web or YouTube (everybody had an "epic" round of some card game), a shame. https://www.epiccardgame.com/learn https://www.epiccardgame.com/learn I second Mindbug too. Also Radlands.

mdaniel 2y ago
They're not doing themselves any favors with <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epiccardgame.epicapp#:~:text=is%20not%20available%20for%20any%20of%20your%20devices https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epiccardga...> and I'm guessing it being so ancient is why it doesn't show up in the Play Store searches
- remram 2y ago
  Yeah the game has been dropped by its authors at this point, but there are a lot of cards available (I ended up buying the entire collection of all packs and expansions for $100 on Amazon... though I never pull it all out) and the mobile app works (including multiplayer, simultaneous or not, and bots).
  - mdaniel 2y ago
    Then why in the world would they continue to link to Play from their site? Is their website abandonware, too?
    - remram 2y ago
      Maybe I misunderstood, does the link (the one you posted) not work for you?
      - mdaniel 2y ago
        > This app is not available for any of your devices and the Install button is "grayed out". That explains why https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Epic%20Card%20Game&c=apps https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Epic%20Card%20Game&c=... from my device only came back with sponsored ads and Hearthstone because they have effectively be delisted from Play -- still available if you have the actual link, but not showing up in search results from the device

yochaigal 2y ago

I'm also a huge fan of games that use a standard deck. I absolutely love Regicide for example, which can be purchased with an original deck (the art is nice) but plays with any 52-card deck.