I love this simple yet anxiety filled little game. Your betting on which chips will be the most valuable at the end and this can be a surce of much thought and sneaky tactics. It's a bargain!

Once again this great designer has make a game that makes you slap your head and say 'why didn't I think of that?'.

The makings of a classic if only it was marketed well.

This is a great little game, short enough to be considered a 'filler', and very tense. One rule from the original game that we will definitely carry over, is awarding 2 points to any players who end up with less chips at the end of a round. Since the round can end at any moment, there are often some players with one less chip. This 2 point score offsets that slight disadvantage.

A rule variant I came across which apparently the designer heard about and considered a good option is to NOT allow a player to take a chip of the same color as the card just played. This causes lots of delicious anguish.

This is a great example of how Reiner Knizia can take a few simple numbers, and create a masterpiece of a game.