Either way, playing this makes me interested to see if additional complexity will make the game more or less interesting, so I may check out Cover Your Kingdom soon, should the Kickstarter fund. A perfect party game for kids and adults alike, it'll have you all laughing and teasing one another all night! The game box holds two poker-sized card boxes each containing half the cards, and in each box you also get a bonus card with Grandma Beck's Cheesy Dip recipe. The top set of assets in your pile is vulnerable, and can be stolen by other players if they show you a matching asset card, or wild (which are Silver and Gold cards) from their hand. CARD GAME FOR ALL AGES: Whether you are 7 or 107, Cover Your Assets is quick to learn and fun to play!

WIRED may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Since every gets assets stolen from them during the game, there’s plenty of post-game chatter about how everything turned out. I think I underestimated it a bit because of all the take-that, but my first play went so well that I had to rethink it, a bit. Now that I have been on both sides, I can honestly tell you the Pros and Cons of the game, Cover your Assets ( other games by Grandpa Beck I would highly recommend).

Here, given that there’s a huge spread of cards in people’s hands and there are a lot more asset piles available, you’re going to see a lot of movement and a lot of theft. This card game takes minutes to learn, and perfecting your strategy means the fun can last for years. After performing that action, you (and any other players who played cards during your turn) draw back up to four cards. You can get all of your stuff stolen by other players without much of a way to defend yourself, so if everyone decides that you’re losing this round, you’re most likely losing this round.

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While you can add more players by combining sets, it is also recommended just to split into multiple groups of up to 6 players each. The winner of the challenge then takes ALL of the cards used in the challenge and combines them with the original set of cards they fought over.