Precognition

This game stands out thanks to its unique card mechanism and the fact that everyone plays at the same time, keeping the game length and downtime short. At the start of each round, you have 2 cards in front of you that your left neighbor passed to you, plus 2 in your hand that you drew from your own deck. You also have 2 action cards: "Use yourself" and "Pass back to the neighbor for them to use." You always have to pass back one of the face-up cards, pick one of the remaining 3 to use yourself, and the other two become the face-up cards for the next round, which you pass to your right neighbor. Then you get the second card from them that you can use yourself. There are 4 colors of cards, and if you manage to get two of the same color (by judging well what you’ll likely get back), their effects are stronger. Sounds complicated, but once you get the hang of it, it flows smoothly and becomes tactical. The theme is a bit generic: aliens trying to save humans on a contaminated Earth. But the humans are also workers who activate the cards. In the end, whoever has the most healthy humans—and can feed them—wins...