Sixpack
board-game stacking card-game ladder-climbing 2-6 playersA card game both simple and fast about using your six unique cards as best you can, while predicting how the others will use theirs.
Nine Lives
textless nature hand-management turn-based numbersAs we all know, cats start with nine lives. And as we all know, playing the wrong cards makes you lose a life … unless you’re willing to bet on it.
Nine Lives: Math Meows
card-game 40 minutes standard kids-can-play move-through-allAs we all know, cats start with nine lives. And as we all know, being unable to play a card makes you lose a life. Don’t lose them all!
Nine Lives: Tricksy Kittens
family standard move-through-all 45 minutes hand-managementA trick-taking game about getting your nine lives before anybody else, by placing smart bets on the right cats.
A series of simple card games that all revolve around one unique number, using it as creatively as possible.
The Outnumbered Series
This is the overview page of this game collection. Click any of the links to visit a specific game. They are usually sorted based on simplicity (easy → hard).
All the games are unique: new rules, new art style, new material, new ideas.
Their one thing in common, though, is the focus on one specific number. Everything happens or doesn’t happen when you reach that number in some way, and there are barely other rules. This makes the games simple and intuitive, and often without any text on the cards—just low numbers.
The perfect quick family games for the (aspiring) mathemagicians among us.
Great! When are new games added? Currently, I have ~10 ideas, of which ~2 new ones will be added each year.
Background
Once upon a time, I noticed that these kind of “number card games” are very useful. They are easy to learn for all ages, as they only require cards with numbers, no text or complicated rules. They are quick to play. And at the same time, they offer a lot of depth, because the number can always be dealt or used differently.
That’s when I decided to take inspiration from that and make such a game. This became Sixpack, the first entry to The Outnumbered Series. By this point, however, I had written down more than 10 ideas for such games! Nine Lives quickly followed and now it’s an ongoing series of games.
The fact that I’m officially an Engineer of Mathematics, though I’ll never use that diploma for anything, also made it easy to pursue these ideas.
Because all games are completely unique in their gameplay, there are no shared images or fonts. For detailed credits, you’ll have to check out the page for a specific game.
Credits
Some images were generated using AI. I generally use open source and free fonts, though I sometimes make one myself. Everything else—code, assets, ideas, rules, this website—is all mine.
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