The Mad Magazine Card Game is a shedding-type card game published by Parker Brothers in 1979, first advertised in December 1980, in which players try to be the first to discard all of their cards, similar in structure to Crazy Eights and Uno. The deck totals seventy-six cards across four colored suits, green, yellow, red and blue, each featuring Alfred E. Neuman from Mad magazine in a different outfit; the cards include numbers one through six in each suit, special action cards and wild cards, plus four blank cards intended to be removed and used as coasters. The game is illustrated by Jack Davis and supports two to six players. It was published as a companion to the earlier Mad Magazine Board Game, aiming to capitalize on that game's commercial success. On BoardGameGeek it holds a rating of 5.8 out of 10 from 399 user ratings.
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Game Typeshedding-type card game 1 Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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1. The Mad Magazine Card Game (Wikipedia)
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The Mad Magazine Card Game is a shedding-type card game produced by Parker Brothers in 1979.
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The Mad Magazine Card Game is a shedding-type card game produced by Parker Brothers in 1979.
Rules and Gameplay
The Mad Magazine Card Game is a game for two to six players.
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The Mad Magazine Card Game is a shedding-type card game produced by Parker Brothers in 1979.
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