Balud at 05:11, 5 August 2026

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Sportomax at 03:12, 16 April 2026

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Sportomax: Created page with "SLAMBO! Players: 2–4 Age: 6+ Time: ~5 minutes PLAY! SLAMBO! is usually a 2-player game. For the 3–4 player variant, see the end of the rules. The game is played in rounds called bouts. During a bout, you and your opponent take turns playing 1 card at a time face up onto a pile in the middle. The start card is always the first card in the pile. The number 5 is the starting balance total. Each card raises or lowers the balance total by the number printed on it. Bl..."

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Created page with "SLAMBO! Players: 2–4 Age: 6+ Time: ~5 minutes PLAY! SLAMBO! is usually a 2-player game. For the 3–4 player variant, see the end of the rules. The game is played in rounds called bouts. During a bout, you and your opponent take turns playing 1 card at a time face up onto a pile in the middle. The start card is always the first card in the pile. The number 5 is the starting balance total. Each card raises or lowers the balance total by the number printed on it. Bl..."

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SLAMBO!

Players: 2–4
Age: 6+
Time: ~5 minutes

PLAY!

SLAMBO! is usually a 2-player game.
For the 3–4 player variant, see the end of the rules.

The game is played in rounds called bouts. During a bout, you and your opponent take turns playing 1 card at a time face up onto a pile in the middle.

The start card is always the first card in the pile.
The number 5 is the starting balance total.
Each card raises or lowers the balance total by the number printed on it.
Blue cards raise the balance total
Red cards lower it
Only the top card on the pile should be visible

Each time you play a card:

Figure out the new balance total
Shout it out

If the new balance is above 10 or below 0, your opponent shouts:

👉 SLAMBO!
…and you lose the bout.

Hakkeyoi, Nokotta!

Sumo referees shout:

Nokotta! (“remaining!”) to show the match isn’t over
Hakkeyoi! (“come on!”) when action stalls

👉 Try to force your opponent to go above 10 or below 0 so you can yell SLAMBO!

SETUP
Place the start card in the middle with the 0–10 side up
Place 1 shame card next to it
Set remaining shame cards aside as supply
Give each player a player aid

Shuffle the number cards
(Only add special cards with 3+ players)

Deal each player a starting hand (see table)
Set leftover cards facedown
Choose a random player to go first
EXAMPLE PLAY
Player 1 starts with a blue 4 → “9!”
Player 2 plays red -7 → “2!”

Later in the bout:

Balance is 1
Player 1 plays blue 2 → “3!”
Player 2 plays red -5 → “-2!”
Player 1 shouts: SLAMBO!
SLAMBO! (LOSING A BOUT)

If you bring the balance:

Above 10
Or below 0

You lose the bout and must:
👉 Take all shame cards from the middle

BREAK!

If both players run out of cards and no one is SLAMBO’d:

The referee calls a break
No one takes shame cards
Add 1 shame card to the middle

👉 Next bout is worth more shame

AGAIN!

If no player has 3 shame cards:

Play another bout
Loser of last bout goes first

If the last bout ended in a break:

The player who went second goes first
WIN

If any player has 3 or more shame cards at the end of a bout:

They lose
The remaining player wins
3–4 PLAYER RULES
Shuffle in the 6 special cards
Game ends when any player has 3+ shame
That player loses
All other players win
SPECIAL CARD RULES
After raising or lowering the balance total, reverse turn order
If a player has no cards left, skip their turn

Special effects:

Choose whether a card’s number is positive or negative
Copy the last card played
If it copied something, copy that result
EXPERT MATCH (1–9)

For more suspense:

Flip the start card to the 1–9 side
Now SLAMBO happens if balance goes:
Above 9
Below 1
COMPONENTS
1 Start Card (Hakkeyoi, Nokotta!)
9 Shame Cards (Haji!)
17 Number Cards (9 blue, 8 red)
6 Special Cards
4 Player Aids
CREDITS
Design: Ryan “Boulder” Richford
Illustration: Sai Beppu
Graphic Design: Anca Gavril
Development: Breeze Grigas, John Brieger, Brian McKay
Rules Editing: Jeff Fraser
3D Artist: Filip Gavril

Gamehelpslambo - Revision history

Balud at 05:11, 5 August 2026

Sportomax at 03:12, 16 April 2026