Pass the Anthrax

"It's like Russian Roulette without the mess!" Pass the Anthrax is a fast-paced card game of chance and consequence. 4-12 players compete in a game of high-stakes hot potato using a variety of movement-based cards to pass letter cards to one another. Letters that may or may not have deadly anthrax in them! Players will do their best to push these letters off on each other in an effort to avoid opening their own, but as the letters pile up, so does the suspense because at some point cards are going to start making people open them, and maybe even make everyone open them at once! As players are eliminated the deck and the letters thin themselves out making the game more aggressive and speeding up player demise until only one player is left alive to tell the harrowing tale. Making them the winner! Yes, there is player elimination, but Pass the Anthrax is so fast that you can play a 12 player game in less than 30 minutes making it perfect for parties, in-between games, waiting for people to show up, and with super-fast set up and take town it even works for those times when no one wants to get into a really involved game. It's easy to learn, easy to teach, and even easy for non-gamers to pick up, all that combined with the short playtime and the fact that the whole game fits into a box about the size of a poker deck makes it great for travel! Throw it in a purse, pocket, or bag and be ready for felony free fun anywhere! —description from the designer