Buffalo Games Nacho Loco Card Game

by Buffalo Games

Product Features

• Unique nacho-shaped cards
• Perfect light strategy game
• Simple to learn and hours of fun

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.1 x 8.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NLMAL8
• Item model number: 1903
• Our recommended age: 8 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,945 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

One of our popular kids card games is Nacho Loco is a spicy new strategy card game with 3 sided triangular cards. Challengers outwit, out score, and out match opponents to be crowned champion of this spicy strategy unique card game.

Product Description

Product Features Unique nacho-shaped cards Perfect light strategy game Simple to learn and hours of fun From the Manufacturer One of our popular kids card games is Nacho Loco is a spicy new strategy card game with 3 sided triangular cards. Challengers outwit, out score, and out match opponents to be crowned champion of this spicy strategy unique card game. Product Description Outwit, out score and out match opponents to be crowned champion of this spicy new stategy game. The game is simple to learn and hours of fun. The object of the game is to acquire points by getting rid of all your unique triangular shaped cards while blocking opponents from doing the same. Cards are discarded by color matching and placing the cards on the table creating dazzling but tactical geometric patterns.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game for all ages!, September 5, 2008

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Kathryn (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Buffalo Games Nacho Loco Card Game (Toy)

One of my sons rec'd this game as a birthday gift earlier this year. We tucked it away and forgot about it. This summer we found it and thought it might be a good boredom buster. We LOVE this game! It's easy to learn, fun to play and kids can play it unsupervised. They have to think and use strategy and logic. The game moves at a good pace and you have some flexibility in making the game shorter if necessary. I have 5 children. My oldest three (2 boys and a girl)are ages 9, 7, and 5 and they have LOVED this game. Now we want to stock up on Nacho Loco so we can give it as birthday gifts!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Uno and dominoes converge in this tile-laying game, October 2, 2010

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Daniel L Edelen (Mt. Orab, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Buffalo Games Nacho Loco Card Game (Toy)

Buffalo Games bills Nacho Loco as a card game, but in truth it's a tile-laying game that feels like the love-child of Uno and dominoes. How much you like either of those games will go a long way in forecasting the fun you'll have with this one. The game is for 2-6 players, ages 8 and up, and should last about 20-40 minutes.


COMPONENTS

Nacho Loco consists of 94 triangular "cards" that are more appropriately deemed tiles. The high-quality, durable tiles are stiff cardboard printed on one side to look like a tortilla, while the other side splits the triangle into three smaller triangles, each section bordering an edge of the "tortilla."

A single sheet of clear, simple rules covers the gameplay.


GAMEPLAY

Each player is dealt six tiles. Each tile contains three sections: one of three colors, an action, or a black X. A central tile from a drawpile is laid in the center of the table. Players proceed in turn to lay one tile from their hand that will match a played tile along a section edge by color or action. Matching two edges forces the other players to draw a tile. The edges with a black X will "seal off" an edge, so no further matches may be made against an X (with one exception). If a player cannot play a tile on an open playfield, one tile must be drawn (and played, if possible), and play resumes with the next player.

Besides the colors, players may match actions: Go Again, Opponent Draws 3, and Skip Turn. An action does not occur when first laid, only working for another player after laying its match.

The lone Closer tile contains three Xs, and MAY be matched against another X. Playing the Closer ends play on that playfield. The playfied tiles are discarded, a tile is laid from the drawpile for the start of the new playfield, and the player who played the Closer tile plays again. Playfields are also closed if no further plays can be made by any player after all have drawn one tile. The last player to lay a tile before a playfield closes plays again once the playfield is discarded and a new one begun.

When a player has no further tiles, the round ends. The player who went out receives points summed from the number of tiles held by the other players. A game is 20 points.


PROS

* Inexpensive

* Clear, simple rules

* Quality components

* Quick play

* A good blend of luck and strategy

* Scales easily when adding players

* Can be played by children and adults

* Despite the "8+" suggested age, could be played by children as young as 5

* Not a real "brain burner" of a game

* Blends the best of Uno and dominoes


CONS

* The thick triangular tiles can't be shuffled like playing cards

* Has limited gameplay decisions

* Not a real "brain burner" of a game

* Blends the worst of Uno and dominoes


CONCLUSION

As a simple, inexpensive, family game, Nacho Loco works. It's not the greatest game ever made, but it's different enough (yet familiar in its gameplay mechanics) to satisfy anyone who likes abstract games. And for more hardcore gamers, it makes a decent filler between heavier-weight games.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNO + Dominoes Not So Loco, March 24, 2011

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LoriTheLibrarian - See all my reviews

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Buffalo Games Nacho Loco Card Game (Toy)

This is a very unusual, challenging, strategically played card game. It reminds me of UNO in that you match numbers / colors, but you'll need a large playing area like for playing Dominoes because you will be arranging the triangular shaped cards over a good sized area if a round gets really intense. The geometric designs created from playing this game are like a work of art to look at and even mesmerizing. It is a very fun game! The only reason I did not rate this product high in durability is because it is a card game made of paper and the shape of the cards warrant using care to keep the deck in good shape. The shape of the cards is one thing that makes this game unique and different - I wouldn't have it any other way.