The Mind: Most polarizing card game of the year?

Enlarge / Numbers. On cards. And that's... basically the game! (credit: Charlie Theel)

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When I first heard The Mind described, it didn't make sense. This little German game has players cooperate to play cards from their hands in ascending order, without talking-and that's about it. The concept sounds farcical in its simplicity, particularly when paired with the amount of furor the game has generated.

Then I played the thing, and it wouldn't get out of my head.

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