Sandbag
2024Ted Alspach
- Videos
- 10
- Creators
- 7
Mostly reviews and unboxings. Sandbag is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 3 unboxings.
3 - 6 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
You've joined a hot air balloon festival in which the goal is to go higher than your opponents. Dump as many sandbags as you can - and try to gain rockets as well! - to send yourself higher and higher to win. Sandbag is a trick-taking game of avoiding tricks, manipulating trump, and reconfiguring your hand of cards. In each of the three rounds, you configure your basket with two face-up cards; the most common color among all players' cards is the trump suit. Each trick, players either play from their hand, play a sandbag (to sluff, that is avoid winning the trick), or play one of their opponents' face-up cards. During the round, it's possible for the trump to change as the number and kind of face-up cards are exchanged for face-down sandbags. Five rocket cards worth negative points are in play each round, and you want to win these while avoiding the sandbag cards because in the end the player with the lowest score wins. Sandbag is a highly interactive trick-taking game for 3-6 players that excels at higher player counts! -description from the publisher
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Which Sandbag video should I watch?
Sandbag has 10 videos from 7 creators: 4 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough and 3 unboxings. They date from February to June 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Sandbag - How To Play" by Before You Play, which runs 10 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Xylotar & Sandbag & 2955 Subscriber Giveaway!! ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table" by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Learn to Play Sandbag" by Tantrum House.
If you like it, try Maglev Metro, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Suburbia and Silver, also by Ted Alspach.
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- Videos
- 58
- Creators
- 49
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1 - 4 players90 minMedium weight
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- Videos
- 55
- Creators
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Mostly reviews and how-to-play
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
About Sandbag
From BoardGameGeek:
You've joined a hot air balloon festival in which the goal is to go higher than your opponents. Dump as many sandbags as you can - and try to gain rockets as well! - to send yourself higher and higher to win. Sandbag is a trick-taking game of avoiding tricks, manipulating trump, and reconfiguring your hand of cards. In each of the three rounds, you configure your basket with two face-up cards; the most common color among all players' cards is the trump suit. Each trick, players either play from their hand, play a sandbag (to sluff, that is avoid winning the trick), or play one of their opponents' face-up cards. During the round, it's possible for the trump to change as the number and kind of face-up cards are exchanged for face-down sandbags. Five rocket cards worth negative points are in play each round, and you want to win these while avoiding the sandbag cards because in the end the player with the lowest score wins. Sandbag is a highly interactive trick-taking game for 3-6 players that excels at higher player counts! -description from the publisher
Designer
Ted Alspach
Artists
Ted Alspach, Greg Bartlett
Publisher
Bézier Games
Categories
Mechanics
Trick-taking & Climbing