Potarutomm
(2012)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 4 to 4 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Trick-taking...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 30 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 4 |
| Publisher: | W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH |
| Designers: | Karl-Heinz Schmiel |
| Artists: | Christof Tisch |
| Mechanics: | Trick-taking |
In Potarutomm, each of four players is dealt 13 cards. Using that hand of cards, you must bet on, and play 5 minigames of [mostly] traditional card games, in the following order:
Poker — Select your own hand for 5-card stud. You get to take 2 of these back into your hand for the next minigame; the other 3 are your personal discard.
Target Trick — The loser of Poker picks trump from his 3 discards. Pick 5 cards for this minigame, and put the other 5 in your personal discard. Everyone chooses a goal, and you play 5 tricks. The cards played in this minigame are out of the game.
Rummy — Play with the 8 cards from your discard. Any cards you play on opponents' displays become theirs for the next minigames.
Twenty-One — Shuffle the cards you have after the previous minigame, and be your own dealer for blackjack. Revealed cards go to a common discard.
Mau-Mau — For this bet, you're all in: Whatever money you have at this point, you bet. Your leftover cards from the prior minigame are your hand, and the common discard becomes a central deck. Play crazy eights.
The highest cumulative score wins! All of this is supported by a points track that wraps around a playfield with rules for the minigames.
Additional Components Required
1 set of rummy cards, without jokers (i.e. 52 cards)
60 coins/cubes/chips to act as money
2 playing pieces for each player
blue
red
green
yellow
Alternative names:
Potarutomm
Powarosima
Last Updated: 2025-10-08 18:30:21 UTC
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