Duo (1986)

About this game

Another card game in the Crazy Eights vein. Each card has one of four colors, one of four numbers and one of four symbols on it. Players get a hand of 7 cards and 2 cards are turned over from the deck to create 2 discard piles. On your turn you can play a card to the top of a stack if 2 of the 3 components match. You can play as many cards as you want but only to one stack. If you can not play you have to draw a card. There are also wild cards that have all attributes on them and semi-wild cards that only have 1 attribute to match. Each player starts with 15 points and when a player goes out he deducts from his score the total number of cards in the other players hands. First one to zero wins. 1995 Mensa Select

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.7/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 7 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.