Walkie Talkie (Devir Pocket) (Spanish)

Walkie-Talkie is a cooperative card game created by Sheila Santos and Israel Cendero that can be played by 2 to 8 players. Games are very fast, lasting between 1 and 4 minutes depending on the number of players. The goal is to get the highest score possible by discarding all the cards in your hand. In Walkie-Talkie, transmitting and receiving information quickly and efficiently is key to getting the highest score!

To start playing, shuffle the 50 cards (which have a letter on one side and a color on the other) and form two decks of roughly the same size. Turn one of them over and shuffle again, so that letters and colors are mixed. Take the first two cards and place them so that one shows a letter and the other a color.

Ready to play? It's going to be a hectic few minutes! Deal out six cards to each player without turning them over at any point and set the time for the game, 30 seconds per player. Set the timer and... Let the transmission begin!

Walkie-Talkie is not played in turns, everyone plays at the same time! The game ends when everyone runs out of cards or the timer runs out. To get rid of their hand, players must discard each card into its corresponding deck. When they do, they must say out loud a valid code that relates the letter and color found in the center of the table. Almost anything works! Except a repeated word or a color name. The other players must approve the code used for it to be valid; otherwise there will be a penalty!

And if at some point we run out? Well, we use the codes “Change” and “Short”. The first is used to turn over all the cards in your hand and the second to pass the cards to the player on your left.

Fast-paced games that are guaranteed to have lots of laughs. When the game is over, count the number of asterisks on the letter cards you've played together to determine your score. If you've run out of time, subtract 1 point for each card you have left in your hands. In Walkie-Talkie you don't win or lose; you just score. When the game is over, the scoreboard lets you compare how you've done compared to your previous games.

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