Yes, we know kids as young as preschool who play and love Elimino. It’s a great game to reinforce sequencing with the young ones.

A single game is for 2-5 players, but for up to 10 players, just add an additional set of Elimino cards.

After many, many hours of playtesting, we discovered that eliminating number cards that players no longer needed to collect made it more difficult for players who may have fallen behind in the game to catch up. In other words, removing the cards often led to the player who was in the lead to remain in the lead until the very end. Leaving all cards in the game gave those who were not in the lead a fighting chance to catch up and win, adding much more excitement to the game.

Eliminate a played sabotage card by replacing it with the appropriate number card or a wild card during your turn. This immediately ends your turn.

In Elimino, players collect a series of number cards 1-8, rather than 1-10, to shorten the game. Also, in lieu of face cards that were often difficult to keep track of in Garbage, special cards were created to avoid confusion, including X cards and wild cards. The added element of the sabotage card allows for additional strategy and excitement when a player steals a needed card from another player of their choice. Draw or dig cards allow a player to dig into the discard pile for a card they can use, including reactivating an already-used-and-diffused sabotage card. All these differences lead to a much improved version of the classic card game. Try it; you’ll see.

Yes, the cards are the same high quality and thickness as many other popular card games.