Thing Thing
BGG rank
BGG #22,747
BGG rating
6.4

Thing Thing

2024

Rules assistance for Thing Thing

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

  • 2–10 players
  • 15–20 min
  • 8+

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Thing Thing

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Thing Thing is a board game released in 2024 for 2–10 players, 15–20 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Jasper Beatrix and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Take That, and Matching.

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About the game

Thing Thing is a silly card game that we play a lot of at the office. We have cards upon cards of 'things'- places, people, objects, concepts- and we have find ways to relate them, usually with strange results. Playing two or more cards lets you get rid of them, but the category you used to relate them (leaders in their field, hard to get to, stuff I have touched recently, reasons the party didn't go well) may let other players discard cards as well, forcing you to draw new cards to compensate. It is overall a ridiculous activity, one in which each player races to either ditch cards on the turns of other players, or cleverly craft a category that is specific enough to ditch their own cards, but not include anyone else's. You are welcome to use the deck included with the digital files, but also to make your own with whatever you have handy. —description from the publisher

Questions and answers

Thing Thing supports 2–10 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.