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Turn-based · 2–6 players

Out of Office

Match the department or the card and be first to empty your hand. Dodge the Overtime, swap hands, delegate your worst card.

Pick a face

Challenge a co-worker

We will give you a link and a six-character code to send them.

Play the computer

No waiting. The computer is always in.

Someone sent you a code?

Six characters. Case does not matter.

How to play Out of Office

A card game for two to six. Everybody is dealt a hand of office cards, and the first to get rid of theirs clears their desk and wins. Everyone else is ranked by how many cards they are left holding.

  1. Match the card on top by department (the colour) or by what it is, number or picture. A Rebrand or an Escalate goes on anything.
  2. Nothing fits? Draw one. If it fits, you can play it straight away, or skip and keep it.
  3. Overtime and Escalate hurt. The next player has to pick up cards and miss their go, unless they have an Out of Office to bounce it on to the player after them.
  4. First with an empty hand wins. The board warns everyone when you are down to one.

The cards

Out to Lunch
The next player misses a go.
U-Turn
Play changes direction. With two players, you go again.
Overtime
The next player picks up two and misses a go.
Reply All
Everybody else picks up one, at once.
Out of Office
Bounce an Overtime or Escalate aimed at you on to the next player. Otherwise, a plain card.
Performance Review
Look at another player's hand. Only you see it, and only until your next go.
Job Swap
Swap your whole hand with another player's.
Delegate
Give one of your other cards to another player.
Rebrand
Play it on anything and choose the department.
Escalate
Choose the department, and the next player picks up four and misses a go.

Stacking

The host can turn on stacking in the lobby. Then an Overtime can be answered with another Overtime, and anything can be answered with an Escalate, passing the whole pile of cards on to the next player.

Tips

  • Save your Out of Office. It is a plain card most of the time and a lifesaver once.
  • Job Swap is best saved for when somebody else is nearly out and you are not.
  • Delegate your worst card to whoever is winning. It slows them down and helps you.
  • A review tells you which department the next player is short of. Rebrand to it.

Why it works for teams

Up to six of you can play from one link, and everybody already half knows the rules, so nobody spends the lunch break reading them. It is turn-based and works as well on a phone as at a desk.

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