Straw (a.k.a. "Straw: The Game that Broke the Camel's Back") is an Arabian-nights-themed card game designed by Richard James (of Evertide Games) and published by Alderac Entertainment Group in 2008, with artwork by Octographics. The game is packaged with a rule book in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, but the cards themselves use numbers and symbols instead of just text.
Players draw from a common draw deck and maintain a hand of 4 cards representing items of varying weight. At a rate of 1 card per turn, players place cards onto the camel until the camel's back breaks from carrying too much weight, restoring a new card to their hand from the deck afterward. The person who breaks the camel's back scores 0 and all other players score the weight in their hand. Hand management is the key mechanic in this multi-round survival-style game.
Releases Evertide Games Edition (2006) Alderac Entertainment Group Edition (2008)
Reception Featured in a Full Frontal Nerdity webcomic (2007) Major Fun Award (2006) Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Fhm7vbBU4 Text Reviews: Game Paradise: http://www.gameparadisestore.com/wordpress/?p=742 Drake's Flames: https://drakesflames.blogspot.com/2010/07/card-game-review-straw.html Board Game Geek: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/644354/straw-great-filler-with-surprising-depth http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/539766/family-review-straw-enjoy-breaking-the-camels-bac http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/105571/straw-a-review-by-john-brader
References
External links Official Sites: Straw at Evertide Games Straw at Alderac (archived) Rulebook (archived)