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A simple and fast card game about losing your nine lives less quickly than all the other players.

Download

What do I need?

Three simple steps.

  • Read the short playful rules.
  • Click Download > Files > "1 - Base Set.pdf"
  • Print, cut, play!

Want more? You can also generate your own material right on this website! Or pick one of the other PDFs available in the Download section.

Material

Pick your desired settings and press the button! (A new page will open.) When in doubt, just use the defaults for your first game(s).

Turns the material mostly grayscale.

Not working? Or unsure what to do? The "Download" button above has PDFs I already made for you! Pick any one of those.

Credits

As expected, this game is a spin-off for the original Nine Lives.

Interestingly, though, this game was actually the original idea! As I developed it, I noticed it had a bit too many numbers for some people’s taste and realized ways to simplify the game. That’s how “Nine Lives” came to life. Eventually, I selected that game as the “original” because of its simplicity and playability for families with young kids.

The fonts used are Puss in Boots (headings, fancy text) and Catcafe (body text, readable). Both freely available online. Parts of the illustrations were generated with AI. Everything else is mine.

For more information, as always, read my detailed developer diary on Pandaqi Blog.