11 Nimmt! is a clever card game of number sequencing and risk.
Can you avoid picking up penalty cards?
11 Nimmt Game Overview
At the start of each round, every player is dealt ten numbered cards.
A single discard stack begins with one face-up card from the deck. On your turn, you must play a card from your hand onto a discard stack where the card’s number is higher than the top card and within 10 numbers greater.
If you can’t play a card within that range, you must take an entire stack into your hand.
When you take a stack that has three or more cards, you also receive a Bull card, which gives you the right to play multiple cards on one stack in future turns.
Each time a stack is taken, two new stacks are created from the draw deck.
Play continues clockwise. The first player to discard all their cards ends the round.
How Do You Win?
Once one player runs out of cards, the round ends, and every other player totals the bullheads on the cards remaining in their hand.
These count as penalty points. After as many rounds as players, the person with the fewest total penalty points wins the game.
Main Mechanisms
Hand management, number sequencing within a restricted range, risk/reward decisions about taking piles, and tactical use of Bull cards to chain plays.
Theme
Completely abstract and number-based.
Setup
Shuffle and deal 10 cards to each player, reveal one card to start the discard pile, and set the bull card stack nearby. Quick and minimal.
Components & Artwork
A simple deck of numbered cards and a small pile of bull cards. Functional, recognisable, and readable. No frills here.
Ease of Teaching
Very easy. The core rule is “play a higher card within 10 points, or take a stack.” Once players see a turn or two, everything clicks.
Similar Games
6 nimmt! The obvious predecessor has a multi-row placement system and a similar bull-penalty concept.
11 Nimmt! Review
Positives
Fast and engaging number sequencing game with surprisingly deep choices.
Bull cards add tactical depth and reward taking risks.
Grows in options as more stacks appear.
Negatives
A lot of luck in the draw.
Penalty scoring can snowball in larger groups.
Summary
11 nimmt! is a polished, clever twist on the classic 6 nimmt! ruleset.