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Klaus Veen's Bastards

Bastards is an online, fast-paced and tactical card game for 2-8 players. Take turns playing cards from low to high: 3 is the lowest, 2 the highest. Be first to get rid of your hand to become President. Finish last, and you’ll become the Bastard!

Release date
September 17, 2026
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Tomorrow Software
Publisher
Klaus Veen
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About Klaus Veen's Bastards

The digital version of the spiced up, Dutch card game called "Klootzakken" Be the first to shed all your cards. On your turn you play a card, or a double or triple, with a higher value than what's on the table. Can't or won't follow? Then you pass. The first player out becomes President; the last one left holding cards is the Bastard. How it works Card ranking: the higher the card, the stronger, with the 2 as the highest normal card and the Joker beating everything.

The ranks: President › Mayor › Citizen › Slave › Bastard. Every new round you swap cards by rank: the Bastard hands their best card to the President and gets a worse one back. Special cards & rulesFrom left to right: - 2 (highest normal card) - Joker (beats everything) - 3 Mirror card (copies whatever is on the table) - 7 (the next player must go 7 or lower) - Jack (as a "pest jack" it deals the next player random cards) - 8 (skips the next player).

And the infamous move; Jack in the Box when a double is on the table, slam an equal double on top out of turn and steal the pile. Pick a ready-made preset or build your own house rules: 7-or-lower, Revolution, Skip-8, Pest Jacks and more. Play your way2 to 8 players, 1v1, or tables of 3-8. Bots to practice or fill up the table.…

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★ 9.6/10Steam · 24 ratings
SteamLast checked November 3, 2026

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It's a great game to play with friends especially since the rules are quite easy to understand. You can even change the rules which changes…

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It's a great game to play with friends especially since the rules are quite easy to understand. You can even change the rules which changes…
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I bet my entire house on this game, and all I have to show for it is a failed political career and a cardboard box.
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Genuinely a must-get, i love how simple yet complex it is in the strategies taken to not be the Bastard™! Very fun to actually get…

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