Let’s be honest: hearing about “cooperative poker” made you a little skeptical. The two words don't exactly belong together. Poker is about reading people, bluffing, and outsmarting everyone, not helping them. But The Gang pulls it off in a way that feels fresh without losing what makes poker fun.
You and your crew are professional thieves orchestrating a series of heists. To crack the vaults, you'll need to play Texas Hold 'em together. Win three heists before tripping three alarms, and the loot is yours.
Each heist follows the familiar poker structure: you get two pocket cards, then community cards are revealed round by round (the Flop, Turn, and River). But instead of betting, you're grabbing chips. Each one represents how strong you think your hand is relative to everyone else's. Take the highest-star chip? You're saying you've got the best hand at the table. Grab the 1-star? You're calling yourself the weakest link.
The first rule of The Gang is: you do not talk about your cards. No hints, no winks, no "hypothetical" questions. The chips are your only language. After four rounds, everyone reveals their hands in chip order, and if the hands come out weakest to strongest without a single mistake, the vault opens. One slip, and the alarm goes off.
Whether you're a poker shark or someone who just learned what a flush is, this game will have you silently losing your mind as your teammate confidently grabs the wrong chip. Ready to pull off the perfect heist?
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thegang
Our thanks go to John Cooper and Kory Heath, the game designers, as well as the KOSMOS’ crew for letting us add their game to our platform. And we would like to thank darhf and BoucleMed for the BGA port.
This is your Wednesday release.
The house always wins… unless the whole house plays together. Take care and play fair…
Banden: En Coop Poker hvor man ikke taler om sine kort!
Lad os være ærlige: Det gjorde dig lidt skeptisk at høre om "kooperativ poker". De to ord hører ikke ligefrem sammen. Poker handler om at læse folk, bluffe og overliste alle, ikke om at hjælpe dem. Men The Gang klarer det på en måde, der føles frisk uden at gå på kompromis med det, der gør poker sjovt.
Du og dit hold er professionelle tyve, der planlægger en række kup. For at bryde boksene skal I spille Texas Hold'em sammen. Vind tre kup, før I udløser tre alarmer, og byttet er jeres.
Hvert kup følger den velkendte pokerstruktur: Du får to pocket cards, og derefter afsløres community cards runde for runde (Flop, Turn og River). Men i stedet for at satse, snupper du chips. Hver af dem repræsenterer, hvor stærk du tror, din hånd er i forhold til alle andres. Tager du chippen med den højeste stjerne? Du siger, at du har den bedste hånd ved bordet. Griber du chippen med den ene stjerne? Du kalder dig selv det svageste led.
Den første regel i The Band er: Du taler ikke om dine kort. Ingen hints, ingen blink, ingen "hypotetiske" spørgsmål. Chipsene er dit eneste sprog. Efter fire runder afslører alle deres hænder i chiprorækkefølge, og hvis hænderne kommer fra den svageste til den stærkeste uden en eneste fejl, åbner hvælvingen. Én glider, og alarmen går i gang.
Uanset om du er en pokerhaj eller lige har lært, hvad en flush er, vil dette spil få dig til at miste forstanden lydløst, når din holdkammerat selvsikkert griber den forkerte chip. Klar til at udføre det perfekte kup?
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=thegang
Vores tak går til John Cooper og Kory Heath, spildesignerne, samt KOSMOS'-holdet for at lade os tilføje deres spil til vores platform. Og vi vil gerne takke darhf og BoucleMed for BGA-porteringen.
Dette er din onsdagsudgivelse.
Huset vinder altid… medmindre hele huset spiller sammen. Pas på dig selv og spil fair…
