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Mao

#4213BGG ↗

0 · 2-20 players · 60min · weight 1.88 · 467 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
4213
Name
Mao
Year
0
Rank
23930
Min players
2
Max players
20
Playing time
60
Min playtime
5
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
1.875
Num weights
40
Bayes avg
5.50599
Average
5.61269
Users rated
467
Num owned
223
Wanting
3
Wishing
38
Num comments
176
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:39:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Hand ManagementInductionMemoryPattern Recognition
Categories (4)
Card GameHumorMemoryParty Game
Description (705 chars)

"What do you mean, I have to figure out the rules myself? How can I play this game if I don't know the rules?" Mao. The only game in which the rules of the game prohibit me from explaining the rules to you... Mao is a standard deck playing card game where the object is to get rid of all your cards, and this is the only thing that new players are told about this game. They are forced to figure out the rest of the rules by themselves. Every time a player breaks a rule, a penalty is called, and they must take it back and draw a penalty card. In some variants, the winner of each round makes up a new (secret) rule for the next round. Commercial versions of the game include Quao and Shut Your Mao!

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).