Otter
2025Dylan Coyle
- Videos
- 21
- Creators
- 16
Mainly reviews. Otter is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 11 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 3 unboxings.
1 - 4 players
15 - 30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
In Otter, players race to play all their cards first by putting adorable critters on otter tummies. But Otter is a racing game that teaches patience, and a shedding game where drawing cards gives benefits, and a cute game that will make you think. 🦦Gameplay: There are three otters to play on. Each otter has a rule about numbers on its head and a rule about suits on its tail. You must follow at least one rule to play on the otter, but if you follow both, you may play on that otter again until you only follow one rule. This can lead to some epic turns! 🦦The twist: You can draw cards to flip or swap heads or tails before you play to change that otter's rules. Drawing helps you play bigger combos, but also might give you cards you can't play this turn. 🦦The final touch: Players keep cards they didn't play between rounds, and then draw until they have 10 cards. So if you have a big combo (many cards in the same suit), you are incentivized to hold on to those cards as long as possible unless you think you can play your entire hand during the current round. If you play your combos too early and someone else goes out first, you lose your headstart for the next round. It's fun to play fast, but the strategy lies in knowing when to play fast, when to hold back, and when to pivot! Every turn is a little puzzle! -description by publisher
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Which Otter video should I watch?
Otter has 21 videos from 16 creators: 11 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs and 3 unboxings. They date from 2025 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "OTTER | How to Play | Dylan Coyle | A Charming Games Collective Pocket Sized Card Game" by Fun With Boxes, which runs 20 min. For a quicker teach, "All the Games with Steph: Otter" by Steph Hodge runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Otter & Trickybara ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table" by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table. 10 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "DAVE PLAYS Otter" by TheRatHoleDOTca, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Capybara Crush, Doom Cat, Park Life: People and Use Up All Your Sick Days, also by Dylan Coyle.
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Creators who cover this
DaniCha
2 videos of this game
Fun With Boxes
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Mel's Board Game Room
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Merry Married Meeples
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Thatboardgamelife
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Chairman of the Board
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dylan coyle
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Jamie, Tabletoptiktok
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About Otter
From BoardGameGeek:
In Otter, players race to play all their cards first by putting adorable critters on otter tummies. But Otter is a racing game that teaches patience, and a shedding game where drawing cards gives benefits, and a cute game that will make you think. 🦦Gameplay: There are three otters to play on. Each otter has a rule about numbers on its head and a rule about suits on its tail. You must follow at least one rule to play on the otter, but if you follow both, you may play on that otter again until you only follow one rule. This can lead to some epic turns! 🦦The twist: You can draw cards to flip or swap heads or tails before you play to change that otter's rules. Drawing helps you play bigger combos, but also might give you cards you can't play this turn. 🦦The final touch: Players keep cards they didn't play between rounds, and then draw until they have 10 cards. So if you have a big combo (many cards in the same suit), you are incentivized to hold on to those cards as long as possible unless you think you can play your entire hand during the current round. If you play your combos too early and someone else goes out first, you lose your headstart for the next round. It's fun to play fast, but the strategy lies in knowing when to play fast, when to hold back, and when to pivot! Every turn is a little puzzle! -description by publisher
Designer
Dylan Coyle
Artist
Lailamon
Publisher
Charming Games Collective
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