Five Cucumbers

Published 2013

Five Cucumbers is a trick-taking game with the goal of NOT winning the last trick! It's not easy. You have two choices on your turn: Take over a trick by playing a equal or higher card or you must play your lowest card. It is not enough to keep a low card in your hand for the last trick as you will also need some high cards for taking over key tricks. The player who wins the final (seventh) trick screwed up and must take cucumbers. Each player collects their cucumbers at the end of a round, and if a player has more than five cucumbers, he is out of the game; five cucumbers is the most you can have! In this way more and more players are excluded from the game until the final two are playing for victory! Five Cucumbers is a modern variant of the trick-taking game Agurk, which is well-known primarily in Scandinavia. We are excited to bring you our new version!

Mechanics

Player Elimination Trick-taking

Categories

Card Game

Designers

(Uncredited)

Publishers

2F-Spiele Albi Arclight Edge Entertainment Giochi Uniti Kaissa Chess & Games Lacerta Ltd. Stronghold Games Swan Panasia Co. White Goblin Games
Five Cucumbers

Game Info

Players
2-6 Players
Time
25 min
Weight
Light — 1.3/5
Year
2013
BGG Rating
5.95
BGG Rank
#6805
Min Age
8+

Frequently Asked Questions

Five Cucumbers supports 2 to 6 players.
A typical game of Five Cucumbers takes about 25 minutes.
Five Cucumbers has a complexity rating of 1.30/5.00 on BoardGameGeek, placing it in the 'Light' category. It is very accessible and great for new gamers.
The recommended minimum age for Five Cucumbers is 8+. Younger children may enjoy it with guidance from experienced players.
Five Cucumbers has a rating of 5.95/10 on BoardGameGeek, based on 1,588 ratings. It is ranked #6805 overall.
Five Cucumbers was designed by (Uncredited). It was published in 2013.