#01
Yaniv
An Israeli draw-and-discard game: reduce your hand total and call Yaniv—unless someone else is even lower.
Letter guide · Y
Y is led by the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game and the Israeli draw-and-discard game Yaniv, with the old trick game Yukon, the cooperative Yokai, the fighting-game duel Yomi, and the party game You’ve Got Crabs.
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#01
An Israeli draw-and-discard game: reduce your hand total and call Yaniv—unless someone else is even lower.
#02
Cooperatively group spirit cards by type without talking, peeking at cards and moving them around a shared grid.
#03
Read your opponent and resolve attacks, throws, and blocks like a card-based fighting game.
#04
A team party game where partners use secret signals to tell each other they have four matching cards.
#05
Summon monsters and use spells and traps to reduce an opponent’s life points.
#06
An old point-trick game where the four jacks—the Yukons—are trumps and hands are refilled after every trick.
Yokai · You've Got Crabs
Yaniv · Yukon
Yaniv · Yokai · Yomi · Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
You've Got Crabs
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