Let’s be honest: hearing about “cooperative poker” made you a little skeptical. The two words don't exactly belong together. Poker is about reading people, bluffing, and outsmarting everyone, not helping them. But The Gang pulls it off in a way that feels fresh without losing what makes poker fun.
You and your crew are professional thieves orchestrating a series of heists. To crack the vaults, you'll need to play Texas Hold 'em together. Win three heists before tripping three alarms, and the loot is yours.
Each heist follows the familiar poker structure: you get two pocket cards, then community cards are revealed round by round (the Flop, Turn, and River). But instead of betting, you're grabbing chips. Each one represents how strong you think your hand is relative to everyone else's. Take the highest-star chip? You're saying you've got the best hand at the table. Grab the 1-star? You're calling yourself the weakest link.
The first rule of The Gang is: you do not talk about your cards. No hints, no winks, no "hypothetical" questions. The chips are your only language. After four rounds, everyone reveals their hands in chip order, and if the hands come out weakest to strongest without a single mistake, the vault opens. One slip, and the alarm goes off.
Whether you're a poker shark or someone who just learned what a flush is, this game will have you silently losing your mind as your teammate confidently grabs the wrong chip. Ready to pull off the perfect heist?
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thegang
Our thanks go to John Cooper and Kory Heath, the game designers, as well as the KOSMOS’ crew for letting us add their game to our platform. And we would like to thank darhf and BoucleMed for the BGA port.
This is your Wednesday release.
The house always wins… unless the whole house plays together. Take care and play fair…
Druščina: Zadružni poker, kjer ne govoriš o svojih kartah!
Bodimo iskreni: ko ste slišali za »kooperativni poker«, ste postali nekoliko skeptični. Besedi ne sodita ravno skupaj. Pri pokru gre za branje ljudi, blefiranje in prelisičenje vseh, ne pa za pomoč. Ampak The Gang to izpelje na način, ki se zdi svež, ne da bi pri tem izgubil tisto, zaradi česar je poker zabaven.
Vi in vaša ekipa ste profesionalni tatovi, ki organizirate serijo ropov. Če želite vdreti v trezorje, boste morali skupaj igrati Texas Hold'em. Če zmagate v treh ropih, preden se sprožijo trije alarmi, je plen vaš.
Vsak rop sledi znani poker strukturi: dobite dve žepni karti, nato pa se krog za krogom odkrijejo skupne karte (Flop, Turn in River). Namesto da bi stavili, pa pograbite žetone. Vsak predstavlja, kako močna se vam zdi vaša roka v primerjavi z vsemi ostalimi. Vzamete žeton z najvišjo zvezdico? Pravite, da imate najboljšo roko pri mizi. Pograbite žeton z 1 zvezdico? Pravite, da ste najšibkejši člen.
Prvo pravilo Družine je: ne govoriš o svojih kartah. Brez namigov, brez pomežikov, brez "hipotetičnih" vprašanj. Žetoni so tvoj edini jezik. Po štirih rundah vsi razkrijejo svoje roke po vrstnem redu žetonov in če se roke razporedijo od najšibkejše do najmočnejše brez ene same napake, se trezor odpre. En sam zdrs in alarm se sproži.
Ne glede na to, ali ste poker navdušenec ali nekdo, ki je šele izvedel, kaj je flush, vas bo ta igra tiho spravila v zadrego, ko bo vaš soigralec samozavestno pograbil napačen žeton. Ste pripravljeni na popoln rop?
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thegang
Zahvaljujemo se oblikovalcema iger Johnu Cooperju in Koryju Heathu, pa tudi ekipi KOSMOS', da so nam dovolili dodati njuno igro na našo platformo. Zahvaljujemo se tudi darhf in BoucleMed za prenos na BGA.
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