Alpenblumen

What is Alpenblumen

Authors - One of the earliest versions of the family of Go Fish games, in which players call on each other to give up a named card, attempting to meld sets for points, based on which set of the game it is (e.g. the first melded set gets 10 points, the second gets 5 points). When all sets have been melded, most points wins.

From The Card Games Website

This is Go Fish without the stock pile. All the cards are dealt out as equally as possible to the players. A turn consists of asking a player for a rank (or a specific card if you play that version). If they have it your turn continues; if not the turn passes to the player you asked. As in Go Fish, you must have a card of the rank you asked for. Books of 4 cards are discarded. The game continues until all the cards are formed into books, and whoever gets most books wins - or you can score one point per book and play to a target score.

This game is often paired in the same deck with Top Trumps

Game details

Players

2–6

Age

+7

Duration

15 min

Difficulty

Light

Type

Board game

Year

1861

Mechanics

Hand Management · Memory · Set Collection

Categories

Card Game · Children's Game · American West

Designer

Anne W. Abbott

Publisher

KOSMOS