Ten Plagues (2023)

About this game

Ten Plagues, The Card game is a family game for 2-4 Players based on the Biblical story of the Ten Plagues of Egypt. In this card game players race to collect sets of cards to complete the pyramid goals, but hurry! Your objectives and your hand of cards may change quickly as the plagues strike. Be the player with the most pyramid points by the end of the game to win. Players have a hand of ten cards depicting the plagues of Egypt as described in the Torah / Old Testament. Each turn, you'll draw a card from the deck, then discard a card to the tomb. You'll then have an opportunity to complete a goal displayed on a pyramid. Each time a goal is completed, a plague event will be revealed in the same order as the ancient plagues. Each plague event will change each player's hand of cards, usually making you discard specific cards. The game will end after the last plague is revealed and the player with the most pyramid points will be declared the winner. —description from the designer

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 2.1/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.