Blink
(1995)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 7 and up. You can play with 2 to 3 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Hand Management, Pattern Recognition und Speed Matching...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 10 |
| Minimum age: | 7 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 3 |
| Publisher: | Adlung-Spiele, Out of the Box Publishing, Cactus Game Design, Educa Korea, FoxMind, FoxMind Israel, Imagination Games, Mattel, Inc., White Goblin Games |
| Designers: | Reinhard Staupe |
| Artists: | Oliver Freudenreich, John Kovalic, Ariel Laden, Jürgen Martens |
| Mechanics: | Hand Management, Pattern Recognition, Speed Matching |
The two-minute-long, two-player card game Blink — which was originally published as Speed — bills itself as the fastest game in the world.
Without taking turns, players race to empty their hands by matching the color, shape, or number of symbols on a card in their hand to the top card of either of two discard piles in the center of the table. As soon as a player lays down one card, they can draw another, up to the hand size of three cards. If both players can't play, they each simultaneously draw a card from their deck directly onto a discard pile, then continue play. The first player to empty their hand and draw pile wins.
Blink includes a variant for three-player games: Deal each player a third of the deck, start a discard pile in front of each player, and discard only onto the discard piles in front of other players. (The rules also claim a four-player variant, but this is a tournament format, not for four players competing at the same time.)
Last Updated: 2025-10-23 17:09:01 UTC
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