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🃏 Card Flip
One card per player, and exactly one dud. Everyone picks a card, then they are revealed one at a time. No explanation needed, which makes it the perfect first game.
- Players
- 2–12
- One round
- about 30 s
- Type
- Luck
How to play
- There is one card per player. One of them is the dud.
- Pick a card within 15 seconds. A card someone else already picked can’t be taken.
- If you don’t pick in time, one of the remaining cards is chosen for you.
- Once everyone has picked, the cards are flipped one by one in random order. Whoever holds the dud loses.
Great for
- Warming up the group
- When there’s no time to explain rules
- Mixed ages, kids to grandparents
Tips
- It’s pure luck, so there is no strategy. The fun is in waiting to see who blinks first.
- The dud’s position is set by the server before the deal and isn’t sent to anyone until it’s revealed.
Points and the unluckiest player
- The last-place player in each game gets 3 unlucky points. With 4 or more players, second-to-last gets 2 and third-to-last gets 1.
- The final game counts double, so a comeback is always possible.
- After the last game, whoever has the most points is crowned "Today’s unluckiest". Ties are settled with a sudden-death Card Flip.
- The host can tap "One more round" to start again with the same group right away.
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Last updated: 2026-10-08