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Blink

Blink

1995·Reinhard Staupe

2 - 3 players
10 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

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.)

Blink

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Learn to play

How to play Blink: Card Games1:47

How to play Blink: Card Games

Hogwa5h Gaming

Hogwa5h Gaming

Review

Like UNO? Check out Blink! (Rules & Review)4:17

Like UNO? Check out Blink! (Rules & Review)

Last Card Out

Last Card Out

Which Blink video should I watch?

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.

All videos

How to play Blink: Card GamesHow to play1:47

How to play Blink: Card Games

Hogwa5h Gaming

Hogwa5h Gaming

Like UNO? Check out Blink! (Rules & Review)Review4:17

Like UNO? Check out Blink! (Rules & Review)

Last Card Out

Last Card Out

How to play BlinkHow to play1:33

How to play Blink

Triple S Games

Triple S Games

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Hogwa5h Gaming
Hogwa5h Gaming
1 video of this game
Last Card Out
Last Card Out
1 video of this game

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The Game: Face to Face

2017·Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe

Videos
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Creators
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2 players·20 min·Light weight

Take 5 & Take A Number

2018·Wolfgang Kramer, Reinhard Staupe

Videos
9
Creators
9
Mostly reviews and how-to-play

2 - 10 players·25 - 45 min·Light weight

The Mind: Soulmates

2023·Reinhard Staupe, Wolfgang Warsch

Videos
9
Creators
7
Mostly reviews and how-to-play

2 - 4 players·20 min·Light weight

The Game: Extreme

2016·Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe

Videos
7
Creators
6
Mostly reviews

1 - 5 players·20 - 30 min·Light weight

About Blink

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

Card GameChildren's GameSports

Mechanics

Hand ManagementPattern RecognitionReal-TimeDexterity
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