Double Donkey Card & Dice Game

About this product

Pick your dice. Play your cards. Just don’t be the biggest donkey.

A cheeky card-and-dice game where clever choices and a little risk can save your hide.

Choose dice wisely, play your cards carefully and race to get rid of your donkeys before everyone else.

Product Description

Everyone is a donkey in Double Donkey, but nobody wants to be the biggest one.

Each round begins with the colourful dice. Players take turns rolling and choosing dice for the centre of the table, knowing that those results will determine the values of the cards played next. Once all six dice are set, everyone secretly chooses one to three cards and reveals them together.

Your aim is to keep your card values low and get rid of your cards as quickly as possible. Double Donkey cards combine the values of two matching coloured dice, while Angry Donkeys can flip a die to its opposite face and shake up the round. Play the highest-valued card and you earn the not-so-desirable title of Biggest Donkey, which can make clearing your cards even harder.

Quick to play and compact enough for game nights or taking along on the go, Double Donkey mixes tactical choices, risk-taking and plenty of silly donkey trouble.

View the Double Donkey Rules (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Cards and dice work together: The dice selected each round determine the values of the donkey cards you play.
• Choose how much to risk: Play one card cautiously or gamble by trying to discard as many as three.
• Angry Donkeys cause trouble: These special cards can flip matching dice and suddenly change card values.
• Avoid the Biggest Donkey: The highest-valued play earns an unwanted title that can slow your progress.
• Everyone reveals together: Simultaneous card play adds suspense to every round.
• Quick and compact: Around 20 minutes of play in a handy pocket-sized format.
• Easy family-game appeal: Designed for 2–5 players ages 8 and up.

Quick Details

• Brand / Publisher: Piatnik
• Product type: Card & dice game
• Players: 2–5
• Age: 8+
• Play time: Approx. 20 minutes
• Designer: Michael Modler
• Gameplay: Card play, dice selection and risk-taking
• Format: Compact pocket game

Good to Know

• Each player begins with 10 cards in their personal pile and takes the top three into their hand.
• Every round has two phases: choosing dice and playing cards.
• Players simultaneously choose 1–3 cards from their hand once all six dice have been selected.
• Double Donkey card values are determined by adding the dice values matching the two colours shown on the card.
• An Angry Donkey flips the die matching its colour to the opposite face.
• The player who plays the single highest-valued card receives the Biggest Donkey card.
• The game ends when a player has no cards remaining in either their hand or personal pile.

Game Contents

• 59 Cards, including:
  • 51 Double Donkey Cards
  • 6 Angry Donkey Cards
  • 1 Biggest Donkey Card
  • 1 Hay Card
• 6 Coloured Dice
• 1 Rulebook