2025Simon Weinberg
- Videos
- 12
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2 - 5 players20 - 30 minLight weight

2026Simon Weinberg
From BoardGameGeek
Down in the Big Bayou, you're just gettin' started, lookin' to make a name for yourself. Bayou Boss is a sly ol' trick-takin' card game, loaded with two BIG honkin' twists: Y'all don't wanna be winnin' them tricks, no sir! The one with the fewest tricks at the end struts out as the champ. Your job's to bamboozle the rest into haulin' in more tricks than you. There'll be cards sittin' pretty, face-up in the middle o' the table. When the round's done, folks take turns reachin' in to grab what they fancy. Best be plannin', cher, ‘cause you don't wanna be left gnawin' on them sorry scraps. Outsmart ‘em, outplay ‘em, and claim your crown as the Boss o' the Bayou! Bayou Boss is a fun must-follow, must-trump Trick-Taking game in which players compete to take the least tricks possible. During the game players will also compete to take good cards from a central pool, the Swamp - but the only way to ensure you get the good cards is to win tricks...which is precisely what you don't want to do! Aided and exacerbated by Characters from the Bayou, the game allows players to manipulate the run of the tricks to their advantage - or to fall victim to a Character who may force you to win a trick or may change the trump. The game is highly replayable, including 10 different character cards, not all of whom will appear in each game, and is deliberately designed to scale well from 2-8 players. -description from the publisher
Bayou Boss has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 playthrough. They date from May to June 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "All the Games with Steph: Bayou Boss -Teach" by Steph Hodge, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Bayou Boss" by Jamie, Tabletoptiktok. To see it played, watch "Bayou Boss - GameNight! Se13 Ep52 - How to Play & Playthrough" by BoardGameGeek.
If you like it, try Please Don't Burn My Village!, Makoto and Schlock!: B-Movie Magnate, also by Simon Weinberg, or SCOUT, which shares several of its mechanics.
2025Simon Weinberg
2 - 5 players20 - 30 minLight weight
2026Rob van Zyl, Simon Weinberg
1 - 4 players30 - 90 min
From BoardGameGeek:
Down in the Big Bayou, you're just gettin' started, lookin' to make a name for yourself. Bayou Boss is a sly ol' trick-takin' card game, loaded with two BIG honkin' twists: Y'all don't wanna be winnin' them tricks, no sir! The one with the fewest tricks at the end struts out as the champ. Your job's to bamboozle the rest into haulin' in more tricks than you. There'll be cards sittin' pretty, face-up in the middle o' the table. When the round's done, folks take turns reachin' in to grab what they fancy. Best be plannin', cher, ‘cause you don't wanna be left gnawin' on them sorry scraps. Outsmart ‘em, outplay ‘em, and claim your crown as the Boss o' the Bayou! Bayou Boss is a fun must-follow, must-trump Trick-Taking game in which players compete to take the least tricks possible. During the game players will also compete to take good cards from a central pool, the Swamp - but the only way to ensure you get the good cards is to win tricks...which is precisely what you don't want to do! Aided and exacerbated by Characters from the Bayou, the game allows players to manipulate the run of the tricks to their advantage - or to fall victim to a Character who may force you to win a trick or may change the trump. The game is highly replayable, including 10 different character cards, not all of whom will appear in each game, and is deliberately designed to scale well from 2-8 players. -description from the publisher
Designer
Simon Weinberg
Artist
Brandon Lewis
Publisher
Thunderbolt Games
Mechanics