Games Library
Learn the games we play at Bala Game Night
Complexity
Works forplayers
2-7 Razz
Limit Mixedmedium
2–8 players
Win chips by making the best (lowest) 5-card hand from seven cards dealt. Aces are always high. Stra…
View rules →2-7 Triple Draw
Limit Mixedmedium
2–7 players
Win chips by making the best (lowest) 5-card hand, with three opportunities to draw. Aces are always…
View rules →A-5 Triple Draw
Limit Mixedmedium
2–7 players
Win chips by making the best (lowest) 5-card hand, with three opportunities to draw. Aces are always…
View rules →Action Razz
Limit Mixedmedium
2–8 players
Win chips by making the best (lowest) 5-card hand from seven cards dealt, with the added requirement…
View rules →Agricola
Board Gamehigh
1–5 players
Build the most valuable farmstead over 14 rounds. Points are scored for fields, pastures, crops, liv…
View rules →Ark Nova
Board Gamehigh
1–4 players
Have the highest positive score when the game ends. Your score is calculated as your Appeal track po…
View rules →Badacey
Limit Mixedhigh
2–7 players
Win chips by holding the best 4-card Badugi hand, the best A-5 low hand, or both at showdown. The po…
View rules →Badeucey
Limit Mixedhigh
2–7 players
Win chips by holding the best 4-card Badugi hand, the best 2-7 low hand, or both at showdown. The po…
View rules →Badugi
Limit Mixedmedium
2–7 players
Win chips by making the best Badugi hand at showdown — the lowest possible hand with four cards, all…
View rules →Bomb Busters
Board Gamemedium
2–5 players
Work together to identify and cut all pairs of matching wire tiles before making too many mistakes. …
View rules →Carcassonne
Board Gamelow
2–5 players
Score the most points by strategically placing tiles to build features (roads, cities, monasteries, …
View rules →Catan
Board Gamelow
3–4 players
Be the first player to reach 10 Victory Points (VPs). Points come from Settlements (1 VP), Cities (2…
View rules →Cheat (Bullshit)
Card Gamelow
3–10 players
Be the first player to get rid of all your cards. You do this by playing cards face-down and declari…
View rules →Euchre
Card Gamelow
4 players
Be the first team to reach 10 points. Points are scored by winning tricks after your team calls trum…
View rules →Gin Rummy
Card Gamelow
2 players
Be the first player to reach 100 points across multiple hands by forming Melds (Sets and Runs) and m…
View rules →Hearts
Card Gamelow
4 players
Have the lowest score when any player reaches or exceeds 100 points. Hearts is a penalty-avoidance g…
View rules →Heat: Pedal to the Metal
Board Gamelow
2–6 players
Be the first driver to cross the finish line after completing the required number of laps. Each play…
View rules →Liar's Poker
Card Gamelow
2–8 players
Win money (or chips) by accurately bidding on the combined digits across everyone's currency serial …
View rules →Limit Hold'em
Limit Mixedlow
2–9 players
Win chips by making the best 5-card hand at showdown, or by forcing all other players to fold. Limit…
View rules →No-Limit Hold'em
NLH/PLOlow
2–9 players
Win chips by making the best 5-card hand at showdown, or by forcing all other players to fold. Each …
View rules →Omaha Hi-Lo (8-or-Better)
Limit Mixedhigh
2–9 players
Win chips by holding the best high hand, the best qualifying low hand, or both at showdown. The pot …
View rules →Pot-Limit Omaha
NLH/PLOmedium
2–9 players
Win chips by making the best 5-card hand at showdown using exactly two hole cards and exactly three …
View rules →President (Scum)
Card Gamelow
4–7 players
Be the first player to shed all your cards. The order in which players finish determines their socia…
View rules →Razz
Limit Mixedmedium
2–8 players
Win chips by making the best (lowest) 5-card hand from seven cards dealt. Aces are always low. Strai…
View rules →Razzdeucey
Limit Mixedhigh
2–8 players
Win chips by holding the best 5-card 2-7 low hand, the best 4-card Badugi hand, or both at showdown.…
View rules →Razzdugi
Limit Mixedhigh
2–8 players
Win chips by holding the best 5-card Razz low hand, the best 4-card Badugi hand, or both at showdown…
View rules →Rummy 500
Card Gamelow
2–8 players
Be the first player to reach 500 points. Points are earned by melding cards and lost for cards remai…
View rules →Seven-Card Stud
Limit Mixedmedium
2–8 players
Win chips by making the best 5-card hand from seven cards dealt. Each player receives seven cards ov…
View rules →Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo (8-or-Better)
Limit Mixedhigh
2–8 players
Win chips by holding the best high hand, the best qualifying low hand, or both at showdown. The pot …
View rules →Slay the Spire: The Board Game
Board Gamemedium
1–4 players
Cooperatively climb the Spire by defeating all enemies on the map, culminating in defeating the Act …
View rules →Spades
Card Gamelow
4 players
Be the first partnership to reach the agreed target score (commonly 500 points). Win tricks equal to…
View rules →Spirit Island
Board Gamehigh
1–4 players
Protect your island from colonial Invaders. Win by meeting a Fear-based victory condition or by dest…
View rules →Terraforming Mars
Board Gamehigh
1–5 players
Accumulate the most Victory Points (VPs) by contributing to the terraforming of Mars and to human ci…
View rules →The Gang
Card Gamelow
3–6 players
Complete 3 successful heists before triggering 3 alarms. A heist succeeds when all players correctly…
View rules →Wizard
Card Gamelow
3–6 players
Accumulate the most points by correctly predicting exactly how many tricks you will win each round. …
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