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Five Cucumbers

Five Cucumbers

2013·Friedemann Friese

2 - 6 players
25 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

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Five Cucumbers is a trick-taking game with the goal of NOT winning the last trick! It's not easy. You have two choices on your turn: Take over a trick by playing a equal or higher card or you must play your lowest card. It is not enough to keep a low card in your hand for the last trick as you will also need some high cards for taking over key tricks. The player who wins the final (seventh) trick screwed up and must take cucumbers. Each player collects their cucumbers at the end of a round, and if a player has more than five cucumbers, he is out of the game; five cucumbers is the most you can have! In this way more and more players are excluded from the game until the final two are playing for victory! Five Cucumbers is a modern variant of the trick-taking game Cucumber (Agurk, Gurka), which is well-known primarily in Scandinavia. We are excited to bring you our new version!

Five Cucumbers

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All the Games with Steph: Five Cucumbers13:45

All the Games with Steph: Five Cucumbers

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Review

Game in a Minute: Five Cucumbers2:16

Game in a Minute: Five Cucumbers

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Which Five Cucumbers video should I watch?

Five Cucumbers has 3 videos from 3 creators: 2 reviews and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from October to December 2024.

To learn the rules, start with "All the Games with Steph: Five Cucumbers" by Steph Hodge, which runs 14 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Game in a Minute: Five Cucumbers" by Gameosity Reviews.

If you like it, try Friday, Faiyum, Fishing and Findorff, also by Friedemann Friese.

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Game in a Minute: Five CucumbersReview2:16

Game in a Minute: Five Cucumbers

Gameosity Reviews

Gameosity Reviews

All the Games with Steph: Five CucumbersHow to play13:45

All the Games with Steph: Five Cucumbers

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

The Boardgame Mechanics Review Five CucumbersReview5:11

The Boardgame Mechanics Review Five Cucumbers

The Boardgame Mechanics

The Boardgame Mechanics

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About Five Cucumbers

From BoardGameGeek:

Five Cucumbers is a trick-taking game with the goal of NOT winning the last trick! It's not easy. You have two choices on your turn: Take over a trick by playing a equal or higher card or you must play your lowest card. It is not enough to keep a low card in your hand for the last trick as you will also need some high cards for taking over key tricks. The player who wins the final (seventh) trick screwed up and must take cucumbers. Each player collects their cucumbers at the end of a round, and if a player has more than five cucumbers, he is out of the game; five cucumbers is the most you can have! In this way more and more players are excluded from the game until the final two are playing for victory! Five Cucumbers is a modern variant of the trick-taking game Cucumber (Agurk, Gurka), which is well-known primarily in Scandinavia. We are excited to bring you our new version!

Designer

Friedemann Friese

Artist

Harald Lieske

Publisher

2F-Spiele

Categories

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Mechanics

Player EliminationTrick-taking & Climbing
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