Enter an enchanted kingdom where colourful birds fill the skies. Papageno is a compact travel card game of clever choices, tactical swaps plus a little avian chaos. Your mission is to impress the Queen by creating the perfect collection of birds on your wire but the largest birds could prove to be a serious burden when the final scores are counted.
 
Each player builds a tableau of six bird cards, carefully choosing which specimens to keep. On your turn, draw the top card from the deck, then decide whether to discard it or use it to replace one of the birds in your tableau. Smaller birds can help reduce your score, while matching pairs cancel each other out, creating valuable opportunities to tidy up your collection.
 
The trick is knowing when to take a risk. A tempting bird might improve your tableau now, yet leave you with an awkward combination later. Keep an eye on the cards available to everyone, search for useful pairs then use the special abilities of Papageno to shake up the bird catchers’ plans.
 
With simple rules, quick turns as well as strategic decisions, Papageno is an ideal small box travel game for family game play that is ideal whenever you want a light card game that packs plenty of personality into a compact package.