Pick-and-pass — the drafting game
Drafting is a compact, satisfying game pattern. You see a small set of cards, pick the one that helps your plan, pass the rest. Others get what you didn't take.
From 7 Wonders / Sushi Go (drafting card games).
What it shows a designer
Drafting: each card you keep is also a choice about what your neighbour gets. It shows how passing cards along turns every pick into a gift or a block.
Credits
- Made by
- Made for this tool, after the drafting in games such as 7 Wonders and Sushi Go
What you need
- 24 small paper cards — write each card with a colour and a number (4 colours × 6 numbers per colour)
- a flat surface to lay cards
How to play
- Make 24 cards. Make 24 paper cards: 4 colours (red/blue/green/yellow), 6 cards per colour numbered 1–6.
- Deal 6 to each player. Shuffle and deal 6 cards to each player. With three players, use only three colours (18 cards). Look at your hand without showing anyone.
- Pick one, pass the rest. All players simultaneously pick ONE card from their hand to keep. Pass the remaining 5 to the player on your left.
- Repeat until cards run out. Continue picking and passing until everyone has 6 cards. The hand shrinks each pass.
- Score. Count the cards of your most-collected colour: 1 point each. Add 2 points for each run of three numbers in a row, such as 1-2-3, without using a card twice. Most points wins.
After playing, talk about
- Did you stick to one strategy?
- Did you take cards just to deny others?
- When did you change plan?
Its blocks
- drafting
- hand management
- set collection
- most points
- solo in parallel
- skill with luck
- hidden hands
- abstract
- everyone at once
In boardgameBuilder, Open game puts its blocks on the canvas. Changed, the same file can come back here from Propose a game.