Bored Game Company's Indian Yogi (BGC-YGI-01), the box our link goes toPhoto: Bored Game Company
What's in the box: 60 cards and 2 card holdersPhoto: Bored Game Company
Every card adds a pose or a rulePhoto: Bored Game Company
Read it out and do it (Gigamic's edition shown)Photo: Hachette Boardgames USA
Keep every card in place (Gigamic's edition shown)Photo: Hachette Boardgames USA
Two draw piles (Gigamic's edition shown)Photo: Gigamic
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Card game

Yogi

Draw a card, strike a silly pose, outlast everyone else

3–10players · best with 4-8
10–20 minplaying time
8+recommended age
Learning curve
Very easy1 / 5
EasyDemanding
Luck & skill
More luck than skill
LuckSkill
Interaction
Medium
Set-up
Under a minute
Reading
Little

The quick verdict

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Great for Breaking the ice at family functions, birthday parties and office get-togethers

Think twice if Someone in your group finds bending, balancing or holding a pose hard

How we rate it

Learning curve. Draw a card and do what it says. There is nothing to plan, which puts it at 1 on our scale with UNO and Connect 4.

Luck & skill. Which cards you draw, and whether they clash, is luck; balance, flexibility and concentration decide who lasts.

Interaction. In the basic game you mostly fight your own body, but everyone watches everyone for slips, and the 'take that' variant lets you hand cards to other players.

Set-up. Shuffle, split the cards into two piles in the holders, and start.

Reading. One short English line per card, read aloud as it is drawn.

Learning curve: 1 = UNO or Connect 4; 3 = Catan; 5 = a heavy strategy game. These describe the experience, not an overall score.

Is Yogi right for you?

Great if

  • Breaking the ice at family functions, birthday parties and office get-togethers
  • Mixed ages: grown-ups and children play on equal terms, because nothing depends on strategy or quick reading
  • Groups of up to 10 who want laughs more than strategy
  • Travel and small flats: a pocket-sized box of cards that needs only a little standing room

Skip it if

  • Someone in your group finds bending, balancing or holding a pose hard
  • You dislike being knocked out early and watching the others finish
  • You want real choices: you can't pick your cards, you just cope with them

How Yogi plays

The box holds 60 cards and two card holders. Shuffle the cards, split them into two face-down piles and stand the holders where everyone can reach one. Everyone stands or sits in a circle, and play goes clockwise.

  • Time to teach: about 2 minutes.
  • Reading and language: Each card carries one short instruction in English with a picture, such as 'Before drawing a card, quack like a duck'. Read it aloud when you draw it and everyone knows what you must do; children who can't read yet can play if someone reads for them.
Keep every card in place (Gigamic's edition shown) · Photo: Hachette Boardgames USA

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A turn, step by step

  1. 1
    Draw

    Take the top card from either pile and read it out.

  2. 2
    Do

    Follow it: keep the card on your body where it says, or leave it on the table and obey its rule for the rest of the game.

  3. 3
    Keep

    Keep every earlier instruction going too. Slip, stop or drop a card and you're out.

  4. 4
    Win

    The last player still keeping up with all their cards wins.

Read the official rulesYogi: rules and useful links (Gigamic product page) · English
The full explanation: how a game of Yogi goes

On your turn, take the top card from either pile, read it out and do what it says. Some cards have to stay on your body, for example on top of your head. Others stay face up on the table in front of you and give you a rule to follow for the rest of the game, such as keeping a thumb on your chin or scratching your neck before every draw. The colour of the card tells you which kind it is.

Nothing ever goes away: each new card is added to everything you are already doing. After a few turns you might be balancing a card on your head, keeping a thumb on your chin and quacking like a duck before you draw. Break any of your instructions, even for a moment, or drop a card, and you're out. Players are trusted to own up.

The last player still keeping up with all their cards wins. A round often lasts only a few minutes, so most groups play again straight away.

It is loud and physical: expect giggling, wobbling and plenty of 'that doesn't count!'. Agree before you start who settles close calls. Gigamic's rules also include a team game, where two or three players share one set of cards and take turns doing the poses, and a meaner version in which you play cards onto other players instead of yourself.

What's in the box

What's in the box: 60 cards and 2 card holders · Photo: Bored Game Company
  • 60Cards
    each with one instruction: a place on your body to keep the card, or a pose or habit to keep up
  • 2Card holders
    hold the two draw piles
  • 1Rules

Box: 16 × 11.5 × 3.3 cm, 0.23 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.

From Bored Game Company's photo of its box back ('Contents: 60 cards, 2 cardholders, game rules', read by OCR), which matches Gigamic's current edition. Gigamic's 2017 first edition had 54 cards and 2 card holders.

Where to buy

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How to make sure you get a genuine copyEditions and the details worth checking.

About the editions

Bored Game Company makes an Indian box of Gigamic's Yogi, and its photo of the box back prints 'Made in India'. It has the same 60 cards and two card holders as Gigamic's current edition abroad, so there is no reason to look for an import. Our Amazon.in link goes to Bored Game Company's box, item BGC-YGI-01.

Before you choose

  • The box should show Bored Game Company's logo and credit designer Bez Shahriari and illustrator Stivo.
  • Inside: 60 cards and 2 card holders, as the box back lists.
  • The Indian box back prints 'Made in India'.
  • Older 54-card boxes are the first edition, with different art and fewer challenges.

What reviewers and players say

Reviewers agree that Yogi does exactly what it promises: quick, silly rounds that get people laughing at each other's twisted poses. It is praised as an icebreaker that works with almost anyone and fits in a bag. The criticisms are that there is little strategy, since you can't choose your cards, that bad draws can knock you out early, and that stacked instructions are hard to police, so a group needs to agree on close calls.

What people love

  • Lots of laughter as players end up in ridiculous positions
  • Simple rules and very quick rounds
  • Works with almost any group, and fits in a pocket or bag
  • Children and adults can play together

Common complaints

  • Little strategy: you can't choose your cards
  • Unlucky combinations can knock you out early, and then you wait
  • Stacked rules are hard to judge; one reviewer's son said they needed a referee
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Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.

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Questions people ask about Yogi

How do you play Yogi?

On your turn you draw a card and do what it says, such as balancing the card on your head or quacking before every draw. You keep doing every instruction you have collected, and if you slip up you're out. The last player still standing wins.

How many players can play Yogi?

Gigamic and the box say 3 to 10. Some Indian listings say 3 to 12, the count given for the older first edition; with a bigger group, the team game lets two or three people share one set of cards.

What age is Yogi suitable for?

Gigamic and Bored Game Company say 8 and up. Younger children who can't read yet can join in if someone reads each card aloud.

Is Yogi like Twister?

A little: you twist yourself to follow instructions, but there is no mat. Each card adds a pose or a rule you must keep up, so it is as much about concentration and balance as stretching.

Is Yogi made in India?

Bored Game Company's Yogi box is: its photo of the box back prints 'Made in India'. The game itself comes from the French publisher Gigamic, and our Amazon.in link goes to the Indian box.

Game facts

Designed by
Bez Shahriari
Publisher
Gigamic; Indian box by Bored Game Company
In India
Bored Game Company (Pune), which makes and sells an Indian box of Gigamic's Yogi
First published
2017
Players
Gigamic and the box say 3 to 10. Some Indian listings say 3 to 12, the count given for the older first edition; the rules' team game lets two or three people share one set of cards if your group is bigger.
Language
Little reading – Each card carries one short instruction in English with a picture, such as 'Before drawing a card, quack like a duck'. Read it aloud when you draw it and everyone knows what you must do; children who can't read yet can play if someone reads for them.
Box size and weight
16 × 11.5 × 3.3 cm, 0.23 kg
Sources & photo creditsThe references behind this guide.

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