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How quickly can you solve each puzzle? Race to answer the questions before your opponents, but be careful — three wrong answers and you’re out of the game.
Create sets, rearrange sets, and swap out cards, all in a quest to reach zero.
Published by Nonymous Games, Absolute is a mathy set collection card game for 2-6 players with a 30-60 minute playtime.
Gameplay
Five cards are dealt to each player, and the deck is placed in the center of the table. Cards have numbers that are either positive or negative. On a player’s turn, he draws the top card from the deck or the discard pile and adds it to his hand.
Looney Labs has a new card game coming soon, Czech Games Edition has announced a new fully cooperative Codenames, and Plaid Hat Games will be releasing Super Auto Pets Card Battle.
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