You've joined a hot air balloon race in which the goal is to go higher than your opponents. Dump as many sandbags as you can — and try to gain rockets as well! — to send yourself higher and higher to win. Sandbag is a trick-taking game of avoiding tricks, manipulating trump, and reconfiguring your hand of cards. In each of the three rounds, you create your “basket” with two face-up cards. The most common color among all players' “basket” cards is the trump suit. Each trick, players either play from their hand, play a sandbag (to sluff, to avoid winning the trick), or play one of their opponents' face-up “basket” cards. During the round, it's possible for the trump to change as the number and suit of face-up cards are exchanged for face-down cards. Five rocket cards worth negative points are in play each round. You want to win these while avoiding the regular cards because in the end, the player with the lowest score wins! Sandbag is a highly interactive trick-taking game for 3-6 players that excels at higher player counts!

Craft and Market 300 Real Board Games in this Strategy Game. 1–6 Players. Simultaneous Play.

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