MAD (2024)

About this game

In this trick-taking game, winning a Trick isn’t always desired because each card has a ‘Science’ (+) and ‘Madness’ (-) side that could challenge the balance of players’ Score Piles. Trick winners take an opponent’s card into one of their matching Score Piles - 2 suits of which are imbalanced from the start - with the goal to reduce each suit to 0. The lowest total score wins! —description from the publisher

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 3 to 4.
• Rules load. At 2.0/5 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.