01-005 Lowdown

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Lowdown

We have a lot of Mattel toys around. But I have never heard of Lowdown. Mattel is not keen on promoting card games in my city, apart from UNO.

This Lowdown pack is one of the 8 card games in the Mattel value pack. Designed in 2016, Lowdown is relatively new when compare to UNO or Skip-Bo. With a total of 84 cards in the deck, the box is exactly the same size as that of the UNO. It nicely fits alongside with other American card games.

Lowdown

Lowdown belongs to the golf family. The goal is to get the lowest score. The deck consists of 7 colour suits and 1 functional suit, plus wild cards. Graphic design is very simple. There is no face card, only numbers. Suit sizes are uneven and each suit contains cards in different values. For example, the largest suit is orange and it contains 20 cards, all with higher values. This allows orange cards to be easily cleared out at the end of the round. However, if failed, the player will end up with high score. Other suits with fewer cards are difficult to clear but cards are mainly with smaller values.

The game play is easy but it requires a bit of memory. My kids like it but I don’t like the font and the colour.

General Information

Player	2 to 6
Playing Time	30 to 60 mins
Age	7+
Year Released	2016
Designer	Unknown
Publisher	Mattel, Inc.
Family	Golf
Score	6.0 (Board Game Geek)

Specifications
Due to copyright issue, I cannot show you the full deck here.

Card size	US game size cards (55.9mm x 87.1mm, 2.2" x 3.43")
Deck size	84 cards
# of suits	7 colours – Orange, Light Orange, Light Yellow, Purple, Light Blue, Cyan & Light Green 1 functional + Wild cards
Details	The whole deck consists of:-  7 uneven coloured suits: Orange – 20 cards in total 1x 7 3x 8 7x 9 9x 10 Light Orange – 7 cards in total 1x 6 2x 7 4x 8 Light Yellow – 7 cards in total 1x 5 2x 6 4x 7 Purple – 7 cards in total 1x 4 2x 5 4x 6 Light Blue – 7 cards in total 1x 3 2x 4 4x 5 Cyan – 7 cards in total 1x 2 2x 3 4x 4 Light Green – 6 cards in total 1x 0 1x 1 4x 3 1 functional suit: Swap Card – 6 cards in total 3x 0 2x 1 1x 2 Steal Card – 6 cards in total 1x 0 3x 1 2x 2 Peek Card – 6 cards in total 2x 0 1x 1 3x 2 And 5x -5 Wild cards.

The game play

 

Where to buy?

Amazon.

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