Bulbous

Read the table, place your bet, and try to see through your opponents before Bulbous's creatures catch you off guard.

2–4 players
30 min
14 yrs+

trick-taking
betting
cards

In Bulbous, every card hides your power to sway strangely cute (or cutely strange) creatures — staking a value only you know until the reveal. Each round, players bet their charm blind on the most valuable creature, trying to read everyone else’s bluffs without giving away their own.

With four creature species and values from 1 to 4, the trick isn’t just the luck of the draw — it’s knowing when to bet, when to fold, and when to risk it all on a wager that could unmask the whole table.

Easy to learn, hard to bluff well: 30 minutes that always turn into “just one more round.”