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A Q Cards Game

Decades

Created by @hijoemartin

MoodCasual. Social. For when you don't really want a game.

Players
2 to 20
Per Game
About 5 min
Cards
Deck stays in the middle
How to Win

Be the first to correctly guess the decade three times.

How to Lose

Don't even bother trying to guess a decade.

Chapter One

The Setup

  1. Shuffle the deck and place it in the middle of the table, year hidden.
  2. That's it. No cards are dealt to players.
The Bean is unveiled in Millennium Park
The Bean is unveiled in Millennium Park
2006
Each card has the event on one side and the year on the other. In Decades, the deck stays year hidden in the middle. Everyone reads the event on the top card and tries to guess the decade.
Chapter Two

Who Goes First

Everyone plays at the same time. There are no turns.

Chapter Three

Playing a Round

  1. Read the event on the top card out loud (don't flip it).
  2. Each player declares the decade they think the event happened in (e.g., "the 1970s").
  3. If two or more players want the same decade, they each have to pick a specific year inside that decade. The player who claimed the decade first picks their year first. Each later player must pick a different year in that same decade.
  4. Players can change their answer as many times as they want.
  5. When everyone says they're done, flip the top card to reveal the year.
  6. Reveal who won the card:
    • One player got the decade correct: they win the card and keep it in front of them.
    • Multiple players got the decade correct: the player whose specific year matches the actual year exactly wins. If no specific year matches, the card goes to The Table (a separate face-down stack in the middle).
    • No one got the decade correct: the card goes to The Table.
  7. Move to the next card and play another round. Reactions, gloating, and "I almost said that!" are encouraged.
Chapter Four

Winning the Game

  1. The first player to win 3 cards wins the game.
  2. If The Table wins 3 cards before any single player does, everyone loses to The Table.

Q Cards players love inventing their own rules and naming them after each other. Make up a Decades variant and we'll add it here.

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