Straw (card game)
Encyclopedia
Straw is an arabian-nights-themed card game
designed by Richard James (of Evertide Games) and published by Alderac Entertainment Group
in 2008, with artwork by Octographics. The game is packaged with a rule book in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, but the cards are common using numbers and symbols instead of text.
Players draw from a common draw deck and maintain a hand of 4 cards representing items of varying weight. At a rate of 1 card per turn, players place cards onto the camel until the camel's back breaks from carrying too much weight, restoring a new card to their hand from the deck afterward. The person who breaks the camel's back scores 0 and all other players score the weight in their hand. Hand management is the key mechanic in this multi-round survival-style game.
Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
designed by Richard James (of Evertide Games) and published by Alderac Entertainment Group
Alderac Entertainment Group
Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game and collectible card game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California...
in 2008, with artwork by Octographics. The game is packaged with a rule book in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, but the cards are common using numbers and symbols instead of text.
Players draw from a common draw deck and maintain a hand of 4 cards representing items of varying weight. At a rate of 1 card per turn, players place cards onto the camel until the camel's back breaks from carrying too much weight, restoring a new card to their hand from the deck afterward. The person who breaks the camel's back scores 0 and all other players score the weight in their hand. Hand management is the key mechanic in this multi-round survival-style game.
Releases
- Evertide Games Edition (2006)
- Alderac Entertainment GroupAlderac Entertainment GroupAlderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game and collectible card game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California...
Edition (2008)
Reception
- Featured in a Full Frontal Nerdity webcomic (2007)
- Major Fun Award (2006)
- Video Review:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Fhm7vbBU4
- Text Reviews:
- Game Paradise: http://www.gameparadisestore.com/wordpress/?p=742
- Drake's Flames: http://drakesflames.blogspot.com/2010/07/card-game-review-straw.html
- Board Game Geek:
- http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/644354/straw-great-filler-with-surprising-depth
- http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/539766/family-review-straw-enjoy-breaking-the-camels-bac
- http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/105571/straw-a-review-by-john-brader
External links
- Official Sites:
- http://www.alderac.com/straw/
- http://www.evertidegames.com/straw/
- Rulebooks (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish):
- http://www.alderac.com/straw/files/2011/01/straw_rulebook.pdf
- Board Game Geek Listing:
- http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22497/straw