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YAK

YAK

MINDOK · 2015
2–60 min8+ yrs1.0/5 complexity5.5 BGG#26.055 BGG151PartyFamily
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How do you play YAK?

Players boast about the elusive creatures they claim to have seen in the mountains. But can you always believe their stories? Every player gets five cards, showing one of five animals with quantities of 1, 2 or 3.

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YAK box art
official art · MINDOK

Players boast about the elusive creatures they claim to have seen in the mountains. But can you always believe their stories?

Every player gets five cards, showing one of five animals with quantities of 1, 2 or 3. The starting player plays a card face down on the table, making a claim such as "I have seen one Yak", then draws a new card. Next player adds to that stack, raising the claim, either by raising the number or the size of the animal. The cards in the stack represent the animals which have actually been around. Play continues in clockwise order until a player calls a bluff and flips open the stack. If it doesn't contain at least as many animals of the last kind as were announced, the bluffing player takes the stack as a penalty, if it does, the caller takes them. Beware, there are some special cards that players can sneak into the stack, those which reduce the numbers on the cards or those that make all animals appear as the same kind. When the draw pile is exhausted, the player with least penalty cards wins.

The game is a simplified reimplementation of Bluff im Zoo.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating5.5 / 10
Vibe
PartyFamily
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
0 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#26.055

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Q2Where can I buy YAK cheapest?
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Q3How do you play YAK?
YAK is a animals game, for 2–6 players, taking ~0 minutes. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about YAK — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does YAK support?
YAK is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of YAK take?
A game of YAK takes about 0 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is YAK for?
YAK is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is YAK?
YAK has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.0 out of 5.
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