{"id":445488,"date":"2025-11-08T21:15:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2181012"},"modified":"2025-11-08T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:15:41","slug":"dicebreaker-recommends-cockroach-poker-the-bug-bluffing-card-game-to-bring-out-during-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dicebreaker-recommends-cockroach-poker-the-bug-bluffing-card-game-to-bring-out-during-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Dicebreaker Recommends: Cockroach Poker, the bug bluffing card game to bring out during the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/dicebreaker-recommends-cockroach-poker-the-bug-bluffing-card-game-to-bring-out-during-the-holidays.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/archive\/dicebreaker-recommends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dicebreaker Recommends<\/a> is a series of monthly board game, RPG and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicebreaker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dicebreaker<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the holiday season approaches, everyone is looking for the perfect party board game to play with their friends and loved ones over the festive period. An ideal party game is one that doesn&#8217;t last too long, doesn&#8217;t require too much attention and is guaranteed to result in at least some hilarity. A card game that most definitely ticks all of these boxes is Cockroach Poker. I know, I know, it doesn&#8217;t sound like the kind of game that people would want to play during the holidays. After all, nobody wants to get involved with cockroaches or gambling when good food is being placed on the table. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-12-14-dicebreaker-recommends-cockroach-poker-the-bug-bluffing-card-game-to-bring-out-during-the-holidays\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-12-14-dicebreaker-recommends-cockroach-poker-the-bug-bluffing-card-game-to-bring-out-during-the-holidays\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dicebreaker Recommends is a series of monthly board game, RPG and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker. As the holiday season approaches, everyone is looking for the perfect party board game to play with their friends and loved ones over the festive period. An ideal party game is one that doesn&#8217;t last too long, doesn&#8217;t require too much attention and is guaranteed to result in at least some hilarity. A card game that most definitely ticks all of these boxes is Cockroach Poker. I know, I know, it doesn&#8217;t sound like the kind of game that people would want to play during the holidays. 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