Falling
BGG rank
BGG #29,089
BGG rating
5.5

Falling

1998

Rules assistance for Falling

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 4–8 players
  • 5 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.2/5

Rules assistant for Falling

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Falling is a board game released in 1998 for 4–8 players, 5 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by James Ernest and its main mechanics are Hand Management.

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About the game

This game is from an odd genre, real-time card games. Each of the players (except the dealer) is a person falling to his death. The goal is not to live, rather just to be the last one to go splat. The dealer continues dealing cards to players, eventually giving them 'ground' cards. But on the way down players can do all kinds of nasty stuff to each other to ensure their relative longevity.

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Publishers

  • Portal Games
  • Cheapass Games
  • Paizo Publishing
  • Titanic Games

Questions and answers

Falling supports 4–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.