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Five Cucumbers

Five Cucumbers

2F-Spiele · 2013
2–625 min8+ yrs1.3/5 complexity6.0 BGG#6.900 BGG2,9 KPartyFamily
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How do you play Five Cucumbers?

Five Cucumbers is a trick-taking game with the goal of NOT winning the last trick! It's not easy. You have two choices on your turn: Take over a trick by playing a equal or higher card or you must play your lowest card.

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Five Cucumbers box art
official art · 2F-Spiele

Five Cucumbers is a trick-taking game with the goal of NOT winning the last trick!

It's not easy. You have two choices on your turn: Take over a trick by playing a equal or higher card or you must play your lowest card. It is not enough to keep a low card in your hand for the last trick as you will also need some high cards for taking over key tricks.

The player who wins the final (seventh) trick screwed up and must take cucumbers. Each player collects their cucumbers at the end of a round, and if a player has more than five cucumbers, he is out of the game; five cucumbers is the most you can have! In this way more and more players are excluded from the game until the final two are playing for victory!

Five Cucumbers is a modern variant of the trick-taking game Cucumber (Agurk, Gurka), which is well-known primarily in Scandinavia. We are excited to bring you our new version!

game anatomy
Complexity1.3 / 5
BGG rating6.0 / 10
Vibe
PartyFamily
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
25 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#6.900
from Trișache · verified

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Q1How much does Five Cucumbers cost?
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Q2Where can I buy Five Cucumbers cheapest?
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Q3How do you play Five Cucumbers?
Five Cucumbers is a card game game, for 2–6 players, taking ~25 minutes, featuring player elimination. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Five Cucumbers — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Five Cucumbers support?
Five Cucumbers is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Five Cucumbers take?
A game of Five Cucumbers takes about 25 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Five Cucumbers for?
Five Cucumbers is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Five Cucumbers?
Five Cucumbers has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.3 out of 5.
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