Klaus Veen's Bastards
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Bastards is an online, fast-paced and tactical card game for 2-8 players. Take turns playing cards from low to high: 3 is the lowest, 2 the highest. Be first to get rid of your hand to become President. Finish last, and you’ll become the Bastard!
About
The digital version of the spiced up, Dutch card game called "Klootzakken"
Be the first to shed all your cards. On your turn you play a card — or a double or triple — with a higher value than what's on the table. Can't or won't follow? Then you pass. The first player out becomes President; the last one left holding cards is the Bastard.
How it works
Card ranking: the higher the card, the stronger — with the 2 as the highest normal card and the Joker beating everything.
The ranks: President › Mayor › Citizen › Slave › Bastard. Every new round you swap cards by rank: the Bastard hands their best card to the President and gets a worse one back.
Special cards & rules
From left to right:
- 2 (highest normal card)
- Joker (beats everything)
- 3 Mirror card (copies whatever is on the table)
- 7 (the next player must go 7 or lower)
- Jack (as a "pest jack" it deals the next player random cards)
- 8 (skips the next player).
And the infamous move; Jack in the Box
when a double is on the table, slam an equal double on top out of turn and steal the pile.
Pick a ready-made preset or build your own house rules: 7-or-lower, Revolution, Skip-8, Pest Jacks and more.
Play your way
- 2 to 8 players — 1v1, or tables of 3-8.
- Bots to practice or fill up the table.
- Practice table with a card assistant, Timeless table, or Tournament with a set number of rounds.
Online & Steam
- Online via Steam — host a table and invite friends, or join from the lobby browser.
- World Chat, controller support and playable on Steam Deck.
- Profile statistics, achievements and weekly leaderboards.
- Levels & unlocks, dozens of table themes, avatars and emoji reactions.
Gather your friends, deal the cards and make sure you're not the Bastard!
Join our Discord, link on the right >
GL HF - Klaus