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5 Alive
All the men are alive... but for how long?
Main elements of 5 alive
Super5 (Finnish box cover)

5 Alive (1990)

Players
2–6
Best: 5, 6
Playing time
30–30 min
Age
7+
5.77
Average rating
833
Ratings
1.23/5
Weight
#14177
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Super 5
Designer:Eàmon Bloomfield
Publisher:Parker Brothers +7 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 2.5, Theme 3
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity2.5
Theme3.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Theme 5 Alive is an abstract card-playing game.

Goal Each player starts with 5 lives. The winner is the last player to have any lives left.

Gameplay Each player in turn plays a card from their hand. 'Normal' cards have a face value, and the aim is not to play a card that takes the running total above 21. If you do, you lose a life. If you manage to play the last card from your hand without taking the total above 21, then every other player loses a life. As well as 'normal' cards, there is also a variety of 'wild' cards that perform special actions, like resetting the running total, skipping the next player, reversing the direction of play or causing other players to draw extra cards.

Components 108 cards & instructions

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