White Elephant

White Elephant

2021Michael Mihealsick

3 - 8 players
20 - 30 min

From BoardGameGeek

White Elephant is a gift exchange card game, and as might be expected for anyone familiar with a "white elephant" exchange, the gifts are terrible - except if you can complete a collection of them, that is. Each gift is a suit of cards numbered 0-10, and you want the lowest score possible. You collect cards by choosing them from the "gift exchange" in the center of the table or by trading for cards already taken. If you trade, you must place a trade chip in the center of the table, with this chip going to the player who chooses to take all remaining cards from the gift exchange. The round ends once each player has cards in front of them. Aside from having low numbers, you can lower your score by having a collection of gifts as then each gift in the collection has a value of 1 instead of its indicated value. A collection, however, is determined by having a majority of cards in the set, so if others steal cards from you, they might also knock you out of contention for a collection...

Games like this

2025Alex Cutler, Michael Mihealsick

Videos
47
Creators
38
Mostly reviews and unboxings

1 - 4 players40 - 60 min2.2 weight

2026Travis R. Chance, Michael Mihealsick

Videos
30
Creators
16
Mainly reviews

1 - 4 players90 - 240 min

2026Alex Cutler, Michael Mihealsick, Stefan Risthaus

Videos
19
Creators
18
Mostly reviews and unboxings

2 - 5 players20 - 45 min1.8 weight

About White Elephant

From BoardGameGeek:

White Elephant is a gift exchange card game, and as might be expected for anyone familiar with a "white elephant" exchange, the gifts are terrible - except if you can complete a collection of them, that is. Each gift is a suit of cards numbered 0-10, and you want the lowest score possible. You collect cards by choosing them from the "gift exchange" in the center of the table or by trading for cards already taken. If you trade, you must place a trade chip in the center of the table, with this chip going to the player who chooses to take all remaining cards from the gift exchange. The round ends once each player has cards in front of them. Aside from having low numbers, you can lower your score by having a collection of gifts as then each gift in the collection has a value of 1 instead of its indicated value. A collection, however, is determined by having a majority of cards in the set, so if others steal cards from you, they might also knock you out of contention for a collection...

Designer

Michael Mihealsick

Artists

Sebastian Koziner, Rocío Ogñenovich

Categories

AnimalsCard GameParty Game

Mechanics

Open DraftingSet CollectionTrading
View on BoardGameGeek ›