The second edition of Cabo, published by Bezier Games, was published in April 2019. When a player calls cabo, the other players each get one more turn and then everyone has to turn their hidden cards face-up, and lay down the cards from their hand. 11 or 12: swap any two cards on the table, of any player.9 or 10: 'spy' on one of another player's cards.7 or 8: the player may 'peek' at one of their own cards.

If a player draws then discards a 'choice' card, they may choose to use its ability, as follows: If a player discards all of their cards they are considered safe and their value can not move from 0. Whenever a player discards cards from their hand, they may discard any number of cards of the same rank. pick a card from the discard pile and place one of their own cards on the discard pile.pick a card from the draw pile, and either keep the card (placing one of their own cards on the discard pile) or discard it (if the card drawn and discarded is a choice card, the choice card can be used if so desired).In clockwise order, players do any of three things: After each deal, players may peek at any 2 of their own cards. Gameplay Įach player is dealt 4 cards, face down. It is similar to the traditional card game Golf and the 1995 Mensa Select award-winner Rat-a-Tat Cat.Ĭabo can also be played with a standard playing card deck, and goes under names including Cambio, Pablo and Cactus. Face-down cards may be revealed and swapped by card effects.Ĭabo combines elements from shedding and matching type card games. The objective of the game is for each player to minimize the sum of their own cards, four of which are played face-down to the table at the start of a round. The game uses a dedicated deck of cards with each suit numbered from 0 to 13, and certain numbers being marked as 'Peek', 'Spy' or 'Swap'. Cabo is a 2010 card game by Melissa Limes and Mandy Henning that involves memory and manipulation based on the classic Golf card game and similar to Rat-a-Tat Cat (1995).

Kaboo card game