The Danger Noodle Card Game is a “push your luck” card drafting game by University Games. It’s for 2-8 players, aged 12+ (age is because of some of the words used on the card).
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What’s In The Box?
Danger Noodle comes in a sturdy card board box with a plastic insert. The plastic insert has two spaces for cards. In the box you’ll find
- 100 cards
- 65 green (positive value)
- 20 yellow (negative value)
- 8 blue (special cards)
- 6 red (danger noodle)
- 1 pink (super special anti-venom card)
- instruction leaflet
Aim Of The Game
The object of the game is to be the first to collect enough cards to total exactly 30 points… no more, no less!
How To Play The Danger Noodle Card Game
Players take it, in turn, to draw as many cards as they are brave enough to take (one at a time) building points using the green positive value cards. Their turn ends when they choose to end it or when they draw a negative value card or… a DANGER NOODLE!
So for example player 1 takes a card from the stack and lays it in front of them… it’s a green 10+ hot potato card. They decide to turn over another… it’s a green +1 Chubby Unicorn card. Another card is turned, and another and another. All of these cards are green positive cards. After 5 cards the player decides to stop and the next players turn starts.
That player turns over three cards that are all green positive cards but on their 4th go they turn over a negative yellow card and their turn stops. And the next player takes their turn.
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How The Cards Work
Green Positive Value Cards add pints to your total score
Yellow Negative Value Cards take points away from your score.
Red Danger Noodle cards result in a player having to discard ALL their cards!
Blue Special Cards (must be played immediately) allows players to sneak peek the stack, remove cards from opponents etc. These are very useful!
And there is ONE PINK ANTI-VENOM card that protects you from 3 DANGER NOODLE Cards.
Get to 30 points and you win!
What Did We Think Of TheDanger Noodle Card Game?
It’s a brilliant game and can end really quickly, or take a bit of time, depending on how much risk players take and how the cards are drawn. Most of it’s down to luck but there is a bit of tactical skill involved, with the use of the special cards and how many cards you dare to draw. But the luck element means that the winning hand can change very quickly