PANDÁNTE

Lie about your cards, make your lie come true with Panda abilities,
and call out other liars in this absurd gambling game.

DESCRIPTION

Pandánte is a light-hearted, Panda-themed gambling game with an emphasis on lying. Players lie about their hands all the time—and that's half the fun. The bigger your lie, the easier it is to improve your hand with “snacks” to get more cards and make your lie come true. You can also cause mischief with a few simple abilities.

Unlike in many Human gambling games, this Panda game lets everyone play almost the whole time. There’s no player elimination and there are strong forces that make you stay in the game rather than folding.

WHAT’S COOL ABOUT IT?

  • Our most “joyful” game. Laughing and smiles from players, even non-gamers.

  • Designed to be fun WITHOUT gambling real money. Has been a hit with people who don’t like Human Poker because there’s more to do and a happy, mischief-filled vibe.

  • For Hardcore poker players: Pandánte is suitable for real-money gambling and more skill-testing than Human poker (more ways to express your skill, more ways to exploit / minimize information leak).

  • Lots of optional content included that can all be mixed and matched. Try the “casino cards” for rule changes each gambit!

  • Deluxe version includes casino-quality clay poker chips.

CENTRAL MECHANICS

Lying About Your Hand

Bet on the hand you CLAIM to have multiple times per gambit, but you can lie about your hand. Whoever claims the highest hand at each point gets cheaper “snacks”: access to drawing more cards that make their lie more likely come true. At the end of each gambit, call out the liars in the final showdown.

Winning by lying is the highest honor to Pandas. Successful liars get the Golden Panda Coin. It gives you a huge power up next hand and gloating rights.

Challenge the Liars

At the end of each gambit,
challenge the liars if you dare.

Golden Panda Coin

Winning by lying is the highest honor to Pandas. Successful liars get the Golden Panda Coin. It gives you a huge power up next hand and gloating rights.
(It’s a huge 2” metal coin in the Deluxe version!)

(Deluxe version with clay poker chips pictured)

Includes Lots of Extras

You can use any number of these extras to spice things up,
or none of them to keep things simple:

Casino cards

Visit a different casino each gambit, each with different rule. (Highly recommended!)

Dark Abilities

Switch out the normal joyous abilities for dark abilities that will make your experience miserable.

Panda Champions

Each player gets a Panda with a special ability.

Diamond Dreams

A special mode that uses Diamond chips as power ups.

Deluxe Version: Real Clay Chips

150 professional grade clay poker chips in four different denominations.