The expansion pack that talks
Play a card. Hear the rule.
Put Zaragata stickers on the cards you already own and play your usual game. When someone plays a loaded card, they tap it on the phone and a character announces its rule to the whole table. It's rarely good news for them.
Playing is free. One pack loads one deck. Posted from Sydney to Australia and New Zealand. Get the app on Google Play and the App Store.
What a loaded card says
Some help you. Some wreck you.
Every rule set is written by people and read out by one of the characters. A few from the library:
Ban any word for the rest of the game. Whoever says it draws one.
Said by The Vamp
This one isn't recorded yet.
Everyone with an elbow on the table right now draws two.
Said by The Warlord
This one isn't recorded yet.
How a night goes
Same game. New trouble.
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Stick, once
Put a sticker on about twenty cards of a game you own, on the front so you can see it while you play, and tap each one on your phone to add it. A few minutes, and the deck stays loaded.
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Pick the rules and deal
Open the app and pick a rule set somebody wrote, one you made, or a mix. Press Deal and every loaded card gets a rule. Nobody knows what went where, including you.
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Play like you always do
Same game, same rules you know. The only difference is the loaded cards, and anyone could be holding one.
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Tap it, and somebody's in trouble
When a loaded card is played, tap it on the phone and a character reads its rule out loud to the whole table. Rules that last stay in play, and Zaragata keeps track so nobody has to argue.
Send your friends a link before the night and let them write rules about each other. They don't need the app for that, and you keep the good ones.
Your cards stay loaded. Pick different rules and deal again: same cards, a different night.
The cast
The sweetest voices bring the worst news.
And the villains hate it when they have to help. Twenty-five characters read the rules, each in their own way.
What you need
A pack of stickers and a phone.
20 stickers. Loads one deck.
- Works on the cards you already own, any size, any game.
- Put them on once; the deck stays loaded for every night after.
- 2 or more packs cost less each.
On Google Play and the App Store.
- One phone runs the whole game, and everyone hears every rule.
- Every rule set in the library is free to play.
- No account needed to play. Make one to write and share your own rule sets.
The library
Rule sets for the games on your shelf.
642 rules for 14 games so far, written by the people who play them.
- House rules for Uno 282 rules
- House rules for Exploding Kittens 40 rules
- House rules for Skip-Bo 20 rules
- House rules for Phase 10 40 rules
- House rules for Catan 40 rules
- House rules for Monopoly 40 rules
Not affiliated with the makers of these games. House rules are the players' own.
Questions people ask
Do my friends need the app?
No. One phone runs the whole game, and everyone at the table hears every rule. Friends who want to hold their own cards and see them on their own phones join with the app.
Which phones does it work on?
Android phones and iPhones. Any recent phone that can pay by tapping can read the cards.
Which games does it work with?
Any game with cards in it. Card games are the natural fit, and board games that come with a deck work too. Zaragata does not change the game, it adds to it: you play by the rules you already know, plus the ones on the cards. The library lists rule sets by game, written by the people who play them. Zaragata is not affiliated with the makers of those games.
Is it for kids?
No. Zaragata is for players 18 and over.
A zaragata is a loud, laughing row around the table. Deal the cards and start one.
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