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A 6 nimmt! alternative

A quick card game for 2 to 6 players. Everyone plays a candle at once. Place the sixth on a shelf and you take the wax. Least wax wins.

Play against bots

Join a table of 4. Bots take the empty seats within five seconds.

Opponents
Bots
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With friends

Start a table now, reserve one for later, or play at your pace, and send the invite.

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At your pace

Real people, no rush. Play when you like, and a notification tells you when it is your turn.

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Beginner

A real game, with a coach at your side.

Learn by playing

No sign-up. A game takes about five minutes.

Wickwise is not affiliated with or endorsed by the owner of 6 nimmt!. 6 nimmt! is a trademark of its owner. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

How to play

Collect as little wax as you can. The game lasts six turns and takes about five minutes.

What is on the table

  • 104 candles, numbered 1 to 104. Every player gets 6 of them.
  • 4 shelves. Each shelf starts with one candle from the deck.
  • Every candle is worth 1 drop of wax. Smoky candles are worth more: a multiple of 5 gives 2, a multiple of 10 gives 3, a multiple of 11 gives 5, and 55 (both at once) gives 7.
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Candle 18 gives 1 drop. Candle 30 is smoky and gives 3.

A turn

  1. Everyone picks one candle from their hand in secret. You see who has picked, never what.
  2. When all have picked, the candles are shown. They go onto the shelves one by one, lowest first.
  3. Among the shelves that end in a lower number than your candle, pick the one with the highest ending. With shelves ending in 12, 20, 31 and 47, candle 25 goes after the 20.
  4. A shelf holds five candles. If your candle lands on a full shelf, the shelf tips: you take the wax of the candles on it, and yours is then the only candle there.
  5. If your candle is lower than the last candle of every shelf, it cannot go anywhere. You choose one shelf and collect its wax, and your candle starts it again. The shelf with the least wax is usually the best choice.

This shelf is full. Whoever places the next candle on it, for example 19, collects 9, 11, 16, 17 and 18: five drops of wax.

The end

After six turns every hand is empty. Count your wax. The player with the least wax wins. Ties share the place.

At the online table

  • Tap a candle, then tap “Play”. On a keyboard, use the arrow keys and Enter, or the keys 1 to 6.
  • Point at a shelf or a candle, or hold a finger on it, to read how many more candles fit and what its wax marks mean.
  • Each turn has a timer. If it runs out, the table plays your lowest-risk candle for you.
  • Empty seats are taken by bots. Bots are always marked as bots.
  • If you lose your connection, your seat waits for you. After a short time a bot plays for you until you are back.
  • Every deal comes from a secret seed. You see its fingerprint when the game starts, and the seed itself when it ends. Verify a game.

Playing online for the first time?

Our guide compares the ways to play online, with steps for each. Read the guide to playing online.

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