Gap – a fast paced number card game

Gap is a small deck of cards from the house funbot Before, where the author duo looks more interesting than the game. Not because of Rico Bester, but because of Frank Nowak, better known as the Head of Offensive Games, who’s also making his debut as a game designer – if you’re thinking of expanding The perfect moment Abstain. Expectations are certainly high for a game connoisseur like Noack.

It should ignite and entertain

A simple game like Gap doesn’t necessarily make it easy. Especially with small games, it is important to fire up despite some rules and without too many frills and, at best, also know how to entertain for a long time. When it comes to the big hits, you can cover up one other shortcoming with plenty of brilliance in the material and a sprawling story. Players forgive this as long as they feel entertained.

Gap gameplay

Can Gap do this? Before answering, take a quick look at the gameplay. In Gap, we try to collect colored number cards in our display so that the difference between the most collected cards of one color and the least collected cards of another color is as high and positive as possible. Whoever reaches a certain target value during the game also wins the gap.

We receive cards by playing our hand cards turn by turn from a shared screen. If the played number is already on the general screen, we receive all color cards with that numerical value. If the number is not in the public view, we can choose a card from this screen whose value is 1 above or below. If this does not apply to any card either, then we put our card on the general display.

Ouch for the control folks and tacticians

It is very difficult to plan anything in Gap. Of course one can speculate as to which cards can still appear in public view, but they look different than one would think. And even the well-mastered pass until shortly before the finish failed on the last lap. If you like to get angry or happy when others get angry while playing, you might enjoy a hiatus. However, those who don’t like to give up control and want to use tactics as much as possible, even in simple games, won’t have much fun with Gap.

And so it was with the Play Tours, as interest in another Gap game quickly waned. Bling-bling hasn’t helped the cards either, but they do show clear signs of wear after a few games. So the gap is just “okay”.