Lost Cities Card Game

I bought this card game because I wanted a 2-player game to enjoy with my husband. The rules are simple but the gameplay allows for quite a bit of strategy and opportunity to learn your opponent. We've enjoyed playing it together and also play against our 8-year old son. He picked the game up quickly but it was too difficult for our 6-year old. The box says for ages 10+, but this was my experience.The cards have a good quality feel and the game box is sturdy. The graphics are nice, but personally I don't feel they add much to the game.We've owned it about 2 months now and now keep a running score. The game doesn't come with score cards or tally sheets, but a quick search on the internet brought up several printable versions. Since the game only consists of cards and a playing board, there is plenty of room to store a pencil and small paper in the plastic insert or larger pieces of paper under the plastic insert. (We chose to keep score digitally in a spreadsheet.)The product description includes accurate pictures of the box, playing board, and cards. I've taken a couple photos of the inside in case anyone is interested in how it fits together on the inside. Hope this review helps.

My wife and I really love this game. Very simple, but pretty fun. You can play several rounds in not too much time and it has plenty of suspense built in. All the makings of a great game.If I nitpick, I can find a couple of problems with the game:1. These cards are quite large. This is a problem because in this game you always hold 8 cards. Why didn't they make them bridge-sized, like other card games?2. Adding up the points at the end is surprisingly difficult. My wife and I have to check our work all the time because we have made errors so frequently. You add up all these integers, then subtract 20, then multiply by your betting factor, then possibly add in your bonus. Then you go on to the next venture. I was told there would be no math!Those are pretty small nitpicks. This is a pretty classic game and one that we reach for often. It has a good ratio of luck and skill that keeps us coming back.

I really love this game! It's the perfect game for two (it really can only be played by 2 people). It seems simple at the outset, but there is some real strategy (and a bit of luck) involved in winning. It's easy to learn, and fast-paced. You can either play if for hours, or just a couple of hands (about 10-20 minutes per hand, depending on fast you play). The cards are beautifully illustrated, and if you wish you could play it without the board. You have to lay the cards out on a table, so it's not a good game for an airplane, but it would be a good game to take on a camping trip or vacation, because all you really need is the deck of cards. I think it's a good game for kids (10 and up) as well as accomplished game-players who are older because there is a fair amount of strategizing. Really glad I found this one!

Lost Cities is a great 2-player card game that is fun for both serious and casual gamers.The goal of the game is to play cards that are in 5 different expeditions (suits) which correspond with the colors of the cards. Each turn you either play or discard one card and then draw a new card so that you always have 8 in your hand. You can only play a card if it is higher numbered than the last card you played in that expedition - so no playing a blue 5 if you already played a blue 6. There are also 3 investment cards that you can play for each expedition. These double, triple, and quadruple the points earned for the expedition.At the end of the game you add up all the cards in each expedition and subtract 20 from each.The strategy of the game comes into play based on the scoring and determining which expeditions to start. Once you start an expedition it will be scored. If all you play is just a yellow 2, you've just earned yourself -18 points for the yellow expedition - not good!There is also a lot of strategy in determinig which cards to discard, as your opponent can draw from these. This white 8 doesn’t help me, but it might be just what my opponent needs!The only negative is determining the score at the end of the game. Get your pen and paper or calculator out!Other than that, this is an excellent card game that is easy to learn but has a lot of depth!

If you are trying to decide between the board game and the card game, I recommend the card game, if you are just wondering what to add to your game collection next, I recommend this game here. Personally I'm not a fan of 2 player competitive games but this one does it very well. The rules are very easy to learn, (the math is a little harder) but the strategies are hard to master. Simply place cards in numerically ascending order by color to earn money, simple right? At the end of the round you pay fees based on the trips you actually placed cards on (sometimes double fees, or even quadruple fees yikes!) and then you add up how much you earned on those trips by the total of each color you played, the player with the highest score after 3 rounds wins. It is a very simple yet very fun game for 2 people, my fiance and I play this game often, some times multiple times in a row and it is always a good choice to pull out if you just need to burn 20 to 30 mins, heck you can even play a single round game if you only have 5 or 10. Grab a copy of this game and a good (or not good) friend or significant other (and maybe a calculator) and you will both leave the game happier regardless of who wins.