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Cockroach Poker
Year
2004
Players
2–6
Play time
20min
Min age
8+
Weight
1.10
BGG rating
6.80
BGG rank
#1110
Best with
5

Owned by

Michael Redlich

Local copies

Plays: 3

Board game

Cockroach Poker

Blafuj

Designed by Jacques Zeimet

MeepleMates notes for Cockroach Poker

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  • Cockroach Poker is available as a public board game page on MeepleMates for group planning and collection tracking.
  • Best with 5 player according to player poll data.
  • BoardGameGeek average rating 6.80 and BGG rank #1110.
  • Groups use this page to connect Bluffing, Card Game, Party Game metadata with real play history, ratings and game night notes.
  • Recommended player counts include 3, 4, 6.
Cockroach Poker is a reverse set collection game that has nothing to do with poker - except that the game is all about bluffing, with cards that show cockroaches, rats and stink bugs. The goal is to force another player to collect 4 of any one type of critter. The deck includes 64 cards, with eight copies of eight types of critters. To set up the game, shuffle the deck and deal the cards out to players. On a turn, a player takes one card from their hand, lays it face down on the table, slides it to a player of their choice, and declares a type of critter, e.g., "Stink bug". The player receiving the card either Accepts the card, says either "true" or "false", then reveals the card. If this player is wrong in their claim, they keep the card on the table in front of them face up; if they are right, the player who gave them the card places it face up before them. Peeks at the card, then passes it face down to another player, either saying the original type of critter or saying a new type. This new player again has the choice of accepting the card or passing it, unless the card has already been seen by all other players in which case the player must take the first option. Whoever lost a challenge and had to place the card before them on the table begins the next round. The game ends when a player has no cards to pass on their turn or when a player has four cards of the same critter on the table in front of them. In either case, this player loses and everyone else wins.

Categories

BluffingCard GameParty Game

Mechanics

Hand ManagementSet CollectionSingle Loser Game

Best with how many players

1
Not rec.
2
Not rec.
3
Recommended
4
Recommended
5
Best
6
Recommended
6+
Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

No necessary in-game text(38 of 39 votes)

Sub-rankings

  • Party Game Rank#90

Videos

BoardGameGeek6

Session1

Instructional3

Unboxing1

Other1

External data

Wikidata enrichment: 2 links · 0 facts · latest game data 07/26/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 09/23/2026.

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