Old Shanghai Game: a card game of the Barbary Coast
(2020)
| Average time to play: | 15 |
| Minimum age: | 8 |
| Number of players: | 3 - 6 |
| Publisher: | (Self-Published) |
| Designers: | John MacDougall |
| Artists: | Karen R Johnson |
| Mechanics: | Sudden Death Ending |
Welcome to the Barbary Coast, a Wild West mess of saloons, dance-halls and gambling dens in Old San Francisco. In this elimination card game players try to avoid being Shanghai'd - using "Upstairs Ladies", "Old Shellbacks" taking advantage of "Drunken Sailors" or just by plying opponents with "drinks".
Other players gang up against a Shanghai'd player with Rowing Gangs or Shanghai Boss cards and there's a price to pay if the Shanghai fails.
This game has local interest, but isn't only a San Francisco game. The game features good player interaction, it plays fast, eliminated players aren't out for long, less than 5 minutes for the average game.
—description from the designer
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Old Shanghai Game: a card game of the Barbary Coast
Last Updated: 2025-10-24 06:46:41 UTC
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