Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Player-count sensitive
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Win tricks to collect the opponent’s card, stay below fifteen points, and manipulate a hand that changes after every exchange.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
BUBBLE GUM is a two-player must-follow trick-taking duel played with four suits numbered one through six. Ten cards go to each player and one leftover card reveals the round’s trump. The trick winner adds the opponent’s card to a visible mouth pile, but reaching fifteen bursts the gum and resets that score. The loser takes the winner’s card into hand and discards one, so every trick changes both information and future control. After ten tricks, the closest score below fifteen wins the round; the first player to win two rounds takes the match.
