Rachel is a tactical shedding card game where stacking, counters, reversals, and suit control make every turn dangerous. Empty your hand first, or punish the next player trying.
EASY TO LEARN, HARD TO MASTER
Play cards that match the suit or rank on the discard pile. If you can't play, you must draw — and drawing ends your turn. Sounds simple, until someone drops a Black Jack and you're scrambling for a counter.
SPECIAL CARDS THAT CHANGE EVERYTHING
• 2s force the next player to draw 2 — unless they stack another 2
• 7s skip the next player — and they stack too
• Black Jacks (spades and clubs) unleash a devastating draw 5 penalty
• Red Jacks (hearts and diamonds) are your shield against Black Jack attacks
• Queens reverse the direction of play
• Aces let you nominate any suit
STRATEGIC DEPTH
When you must play, timing is everything. Burn your Red Jack now, or save it for a bigger Black Jack stack? Play your 7 to skip your opponent, or hold it to escape a skip chain? You can even hold part of a stack back. Every card is a decision.
OPPONENTS FROM THE MULTIVERSE
Rachel wasn't invented — it was discovered, in every universe that plays cards. Your rivals come through rifts to your table: Sid, smug about his sound chip. Speccy, all clashing colours and chaos. Ashworth, ruthless over sherry. Umbra, from a universe where light is scarce. Fourteen emissaries, each with their own voice, table talk, and grudges.
A TABLE, NOT A SCREEN
Everyone sits in an arc around the pile. Cards are dealt on the table itself, seat by seat — tap to skip it. Seventeen recorded sounds are matched to what actually happens, and each plays from the seat that caused it.
PLAY YOUR WAY
• Solo against the multiverse at three difficulties
• 2-8 players locally, on the same network
• Portrait or landscape, iPhone or iPad — the table reseats itself around you
• Leave a solo game mid-hand and pick it up later
• Quick games for short breaks, or a long session
MADE PROPERLY
• Full VoiceOver support — every card, seat, and attack is spoken
• The whole table scales with your text size
• Four themes, plus optional four-colour suits
• Placings, a wooden spoon, and end-of-game awards for the nastiest player
• Thirteen achievements and running statistics
NO ADS, NO IN-APP PURCHASES
No timers. No energy. No card-pack grind. Rachel respects your time and your wallet.
