Cambio cheat sheet
Teaching someone Cambio? Everything they need is on this one picture — save it, send it to the group chat, or print it, then deal.
The cheat sheet, in words
- Lowest total wins. Red Kings −1, Jokers 0, Aces 1, 2–10 face value, Jacks, Queens and black Kings 10.
- 4 cards each, face down. Peek at your 2 closest, once — and remember them.
- Your turn: draw a card. Swap it for one of yours, or throw it away.
- Throw away a power card and use it: 7–8 look at one of yours · 9–10 look at someone else's · Jack–Queen swap two cards, blind · King look, then swap if you like.
- Snap! A card in any hand matches the top of the pile? Throw it on — any time. Wrong, and you take a card.
- Think you're lowest? Call ¡Cambio! Everyone else gets one more turn. Lowest: −10. Wrong: +10.
Play to 50 points — the lowest total wins.
The full detail — and the house rules people argue about — is in the complete rules. Or skip the cards and shuffling: play Cambio free online, where the first games teach you as you go.
Questions
Is there a printable Cambio rules sheet?
Yes — the cheat sheet on this page is free to save, send or print. It fits the whole game on one page.
What's the quickest way to teach someone Cambio?
Tell them three things: lowest total wins, you only see two of your four cards, and matching cards can be snapped onto the pile. Then show them the power cards as they come up — or let the game's first lessons teach them.