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Zilch

The strategic card game where less is more. Flip, swap, and reveal your way to the lowest score and outsmart the bot.

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Features

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Classic Card Gameplay

8 cards per player in a 4x2 grid. Flip, swap, and strategize to minimize your score each round.

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Smart Bot Opponent

Challenge yourself against an intelligent bot that adapts its strategy to keep you on your toes.

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Swap & Reveal

Draw from the deck or discard pile. Swap cards strategically or reveal hidden cards to gain an edge.

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Round Tracking

Play through multiple rounds with cumulative scoring. Track your progress and aim for the lowest total.

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Special Cards

Negative value cards can save your game! Master when to keep the -5 and when to swap it away.

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Privacy First

No accounts, no tracking, no analytics. Just you, the cards, and pure gameplay. Your data stays on your device.

How to Play

Simple rules, deep strategy. Learn in minutes, master over time.

Setup

Each player gets 8 face-down cards in a 4x2 grid. Two cards are revealed at the start. Goal: lowest score wins!

Your Turn

Draw from the deck or take the top discard card. Then swap it with one of your cards or discard and reveal.

Card Values

Cards 0-11 score their face value. Special -5 cards reduce your score. Zero cards are your best friends!

Reveal Strategy

If you discard without swapping, you must reveal one of your hidden cards. sometimes that's exactly what you want.

End Round

When one player reveals all cards, each opponent gets one final turn. Then all cards flip and scores are tallied.

Winning

Play multiple rounds. The player with the lowest cumulative score across all rounds wins the game!

The lowest score wins. Are you ready?

Download Zilch and start playing the strategic card game that's easy to learn but hard to put down.