2017Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe
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2 players20 minLight weight

1995Reinhard Staupe
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The two-minute-long, two-player card game Blink - which was originally published as Speed - bills itself as the fastest game in the world. Without taking turns, players race to empty their hands by matching the color, shape, or number of symbols on a card in their hand to the top card of either of two discard piles in the center of the table. As soon as a player lays down one card, they can draw another, up to the hand size of three cards. If both players can't play, they each simultaneously draw a card from their deck directly onto a discard pile, then continue play. The first player to empty their hand and draw pile wins. Blink includes a variant for three-player games: Deal each player a third of the deck, start a discard pile in front of each player, and discard only onto the discard piles in front of other players. (The rules also claim a four-player variant, but this is a tournament format, not for four players competing at the same time.)
Blink has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review and 2 how-to-play guides. They date from 2020 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to play Blink: Card Games" by Hogwa5h Gaming, which runs 2 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Like UNO? Check out Blink! (Rules & Review)" by Last Card Out.
If you like it, try The Game: Face to Face, Take 5 & Take A Number, The Mind: Soulmates and The Game: Extreme, also by Reinhard Staupe.
2017Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe
2 players20 minLight weight
2018Wolfgang Kramer, Reinhard Staupe
2 - 10 players25 - 45 minLight weight
2023Reinhard Staupe, Wolfgang Warsch
2 - 4 players20 minLight weight
2016Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe
1 - 5 players20 - 30 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
The two-minute-long, two-player card game Blink - which was originally published as Speed - bills itself as the fastest game in the world. Without taking turns, players race to empty their hands by matching the color, shape, or number of symbols on a card in their hand to the top card of either of two discard piles in the center of the table. As soon as a player lays down one card, they can draw another, up to the hand size of three cards. If both players can't play, they each simultaneously draw a card from their deck directly onto a discard pile, then continue play. The first player to empty their hand and draw pile wins. Blink includes a variant for three-player games: Deal each player a third of the deck, start a discard pile in front of each player, and discard only onto the discard piles in front of other players. (The rules also claim a four-player variant, but this is a tournament format, not for four players competing at the same time.)
Designer
Reinhard Staupe
Artists
Oliver Freudenreich, John Kovalic, Ariel Laden, Jürgen Martens
Publisher
Adlung-Spiele
Categories
Mechanics