Flash 10

Blink and you'll miss it! In Flash 10 you all play at the same time. Everyone tries to lay down a row of ten cards as fast as possible, from left to right and neatly increasing in number. Whoever finishes first has an edge. But watch out: some cards score extra points, and at the very last moment another player can snatch the win right from under your nose. The game works wonderfully simply. You shuffle the cards, everyone gets ten and places them face down in front of them. As soon as they are turned over, you draw new cards from the pile and place them on top of the cards that are not yet in the right spot. If you draw a storm card, you may place it on top of any card. That card does not break up your row, but at the end every visible storm card costs you a point. The game stops immediately when someone has their ten cards in the right order, or when the pile runs out. Then you count the points and simply start again, until someone reaches fifty points, for example. Flash 10 was designed by Wolfgang Kramer, the man behind big titles such as El Grande and Downforce. It fits in a small box and goes with you anywhere. With room for two to five players, this is a perfect game for the kitchen table or an evening with friends. Want to take it easy? Then play without storm cards. In the mood for more tension? Try the Thunder variant. Let the storm break loose!