About
The Hot Potato card game was created and designed by two card game enthusiasts. It is a card game that can be played countless times. The game involves not only strategy but also a bit of luck, ensuring that it won’t be dominated by a single player.
The rules of Hot Potato are easy to learn. If you can recognize numbers, you can play this game, making the minimum age around 7 years old.
Why is this game the best?
This is a fun, highly emotional game that keeps the suspense until the very end. It relies not only on logic and strategy but also on luck, so anyone can win. We are also ready to resolve any rule disputes as quickly as possible. All you need to do is write to us.
Cards
There are 4 types of cards: regular number cards from 1 to 9 for gameplay, and 3 types of wild cards.
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Plays
This game is full of surprises, with no single scenario or definitive answer like in quiz games, making it highly replayable.
Family and
Friends
Easy to learn and play. Hot Potato can be played by 2 to 6 people, ages 7 and up.
How to play?
Card Types:
- 72 Potato Peel Cards: Simple cards without any special abilities. Each card is marked with a number from 1 to 9.
- 6 Sofa Potato Feast Cards: The Sofa Potato is a lazy pug who enjoys lounging but can’t resist any nearby trash. When this card is played, all peel cards currently in play are removed from the game, clearing the pile. The Sofa Potato Feast card, along with the removed cards, is placed in the discard pile.
- 6 New Garbage Bag Cards: This card can be placed on top of any peel card. The New Garbage Bag “resets” the card sequence, allowing the next player to place the smallest peel number (1).
- 6 Bad Potato Cards: When this card is played, the next player must pick up all cards in play (i.e., all cards in the pile). The Bad Potato card is then placed in the discard pile.
Card Dealing:
- Each player is dealt 3 face-down cards.
- On top of the face-down cards, 3 face-up cards are placed.
- Each player is then dealt 3 cards to hold in their hands.
- Remaining cards are placed as a draw pile.
After dealing, each player has 3 face-down cards, 3 face-up cards, and 3 cards in hand.
Game Start:
- At the start, players may exchange cards in their hands with face-up cards in front of them. This helps in planning for the endgame.
- Once the exchange is complete, face-up cards become fixed – they cannot be touched until all cards in the hand and the draw pile are used up.
Game Play:
- The first player places one or more cards of the same value. Potato Peel cards are placed in ascending order (from 1 to 9).
- The next player must place a card of equal or higher value than the last card in the pile. If unable or unwilling to do so, the player must take all cards from the pile into their hand.
- A player must always keep 3 cards in their hand. If they have fewer than 3, they draw from the pile until they have 3 again.
- When the draw pile is empty, the player continues with the cards they have. Once they have no cards in their hand, they can play with the face-up cards on the table.
- Once all face-up cards are used, the player moves on to their face-down cards. These cards are used one at a time, and their values are unknown until revealed during play.
Additional Rules:
- Multiple Same-Value Cards: If a player has multiple cards with the same number (e.g., two or more “5s”), they can play them simultaneously.
- Four of a Kind: If four or more cards of the same value appear consecutively (either by play or from one move), all cards in the pile are removed from the game. The sequence then resets, and the next player can begin with any card.
- Sofa Potato Feast Card: When played, it clears the pile and moves all cards to the discard pile.
- Rotten Potato Card: The next player must pick up the entire pile and skip their turn.
- New Garbage Bag Card: Allows the sequence to start over with the smallest number (1), regardless of the previous card value in the pile.
Game End:
The winner is the first player to get rid of all their cards (both the ones in hand, face-up, and face-down on the table).
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