![]() If a player's final card is a Jack, they must call "Mau Mau". | |
Type | Shedding-type |
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Family | First-out wins |
Players | 2–5 |
Skills | Tactics, communication |
Age range | 6+ |
Cards | 32 or 36 |
Deck | French or German pack |
Rank (high→low) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 A K O U 10 9 8 7 A H V B 10 9 8 7 |
Play | Clockwise |
Playing time | Various |
Chance | Medium |
Related games | |
Switch • Crazy Eights • Whot! |
Mau-Mau is a card game for two to five players that is popular in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, the United States, Brazil, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Israel and the Netherlands. Mau-Mau is a member of the shedding family, to which the game Crazy Eights with the proprietary card game Uno belongs. Other similar games are Whot! or Switch. However, Mau-Mau is played with standard French or German-suited playing cards.