The Box: a card game that some people call Avalanche
The Box, aka Avalanche, is a card game using an original deck of cards that is played with an even number of players (4 to 10 can play). I designed this game with Teo Fernandez and Dave Spector at ITP in the Fall of 2006. The game is essentially in the vein of the card game UNO, except on steroids and offers a bit more strategy. The premise of The Box is to win rounds with a partner, but win the game by yourself. This mechanic alone creates some delicious moments of backstabbing. You see, even in mid-round you can trade your partner, or trade yourself for another player on another team. The game is played in an elimination style way so that the last team of two standing each round gets a point. The first player with four points wins the game.
Victory Mechanics has plans to build this card game into an XBox Live arcade game, since it offers a social aspect and is easy to learn. Look for this sometime in 2009.
