Tips & Strategy

Teaching and card-selection advice for 6 bere!.

How to teach

Start with the two meanings printed on a card: its number chooses its row, while bullheads measure the penalty. Show a normal placement, then a sixth-card pickup and a low-card pickup. The concise teach by Games Explained below is a useful introduction.

First game

Use the base game. Resolve a whole reveal aloud until everyone sees how earlier cards change later placements. Keep collected penalties well away from playable hands.

Choosing cards

A low card can deliberately buy a cheap row while disposing of a troublesome number. This is advice, not a rule requiring you to pick the cheapest row. A card that looks safe now may become dangerous after lower revealed cards change the table. The rulebook’s example of 45 following 42 rather than 41 is a useful reminder: check every current row end.

Player counts

With fewer players, fewer cards are added each turn, and much of the deck stays unseen. With more players, several numbers can fill or reset a row before yours resolves. Count available spaces, but avoid treating a prediction as a guarantee. The No Rolls Barred playthrough illustrates the swings that simultaneous choices can produce.

[Pro] The Pro variant gives players information through an open draft from a smaller deck. Try it after everyone understands basic placement.

[Anniversary] In the Anniversary variant, special cards can change the apparent destination of later revealed numbers. Keep their timing in mind before assuming another player’s pickup is inevitable.

Videos vs the rulebook

Use the written rules for the edition and variant you are playing. In particular, the 2019 Pro draft is distinct from the online Profi variant that allows placement at either end of a row. A video showing that online option does not change ordinary placement.

Sources

• How to play Take 5 (aka. 6 Nimmt!) - Games Explained — Games Explained.
• Let’s Play 6 NIMMT | Board Game Club — No Rolls Barred.
• 6 NIMMT - Spielregeln TV (Spielanleitung Deutsch) - Amigo Regeln Hornochse — SPIELREGELN TV.
• Picking card to play — community discussion of deliberate low-card selection.