Thames & Kosmos: The Gang - Cooperative Poker Card Game

This card game puts a fresh, cooperative spin on Texas Hold’em-style poker. It’s perfect for family game nights or social gatherings because the group works together to outplay the dealer instead of competing with each other. Rounds move quickly and keep things exciting for up to six players aged 10 and up. The components feel solid and setup is easy. Artwork is clean and game direction is intuitive—no prior poker experience needed. The shared decision-making leads to plenty of suspense and team strategy without overwhelming beginners. This isn’t your typical game of poker. It’s more about working collectively to hit hands, manage risk, and decide when to fold or bluff as a team. That twist adds deeply engaging moments and makes each round feel fresh. Overall, “The Gang” delivers a unique and accessible card game experience that blends classic poker with collaborative play. It’s thoughtful, quick to learn, and great fun with friends or family. I’m impressed.

I LOVE this game. It is addictive. It takes a few rounds to get a hang of it, especially if you have no prior knowledge of poker, but I think it is quickly learnable and fun to play. Definitely strategy heavy which is a big plus in my book, but what stands out is how the game does not focus on a winner or a loser but on cooperation for EVERYONE to win. It’s a great game for kids to instill positive attitudes vs say the cut throat competitive type like monopoly.

First off I know next to nothing about how to play Texas Hold’ em so I had a steep learning curve to overcome in learning to play this one. I was able to learn the game fairly quickly because of how well the rules are written and the player aids. I watched on how to play Texas Hold’em as well. This is a cooperative game in which players lose or win together. As a team you are trying to put your individual hand of cards in sequential order from lowest to highest. If you get it right you get to flip over a vault card. Flip over the three vault cards and everyone wins of course. If you don’t everyone loses. You can add other cards to the game to make it more challenging once you learn the basic game. For me this is a great way to learn the various poker hands while playing a fun game. If you like to play card games and are looking for something new to try, I’d recommend this game because it’s easy to teach, fairly easy to learn and fun to play.

We played with 5 people and only got it right once out of 5 times. We even played each hand with a specialist help (they are cards that add a helping aid each hand). For a group over 4 I highly suggest using one for each hand played. Extremely challenging but totally fun. Pros are poker and non poker player found it fun. GREAT way to add poker into a game night. Five hands, and you have either all won or all lost. Playing regular poker always lasts an hour at the least. The hand ranking cards were very helpful. Con is the clubs and diamonds were printed very light and looked worn compared to the hearts and spades. For the price, I want a deck that looks brand new. Overall if you like the thrill of poker without the gambling/time investment aspect, I highly recommend this game.

Texas Hold'em but Y'all are on the same team. This game is a blast and incredibly difficult with more players! With 3-4 poker friendly people the game seems easy but fun even on the hardest difficulty possible..... but once you get to 5+ it is amazing how challenging the game becomes! This is a great game for a stocking stuffer or white elephant gift!!!

Fun but simple-to-play cooperate version of Texas Hold 'Em. Players have to correctly determine, without revealing the or discussing contents of their hands, which of them has the best hand, the second-best, third-best, etc.

Fun Game!

Fun game, helps if you know how to play poker but not necessary. Easy to pickup moves quickly

One of the best collaborative games of the latest years. Loved it

I found out about this game while playing it with a group of strangers at a board game festival, and bought it there and then! An absolutely great take on poker, making it collaborative and absolutely a game I want to play again and again. It is quick to set up and to understand, and I could play it all night!

Excellente value. Can be used to introduce Poker for people who don’t know how to play. Or poker player who wants to play cooperative. I think more for non poker players who will prefer Poker. A quick game.

This game is incredible. My 12 and 14 year olds enjoy it and after hours of game time, none of us have found it repetitive. It does a good job of teaching how to read other players’ poker hands. I absolutely recommend this game.

New favorite game to bring out. Quick, easy to understand, can’t wait to try it with more than 4 players!