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 →One Night Ultimate Werewolf
Card Gamelow
3–10 players
The Village team wins if at least one Werewolf is voted out and killed at the end of the game (or if…
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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