How can I put this tactfully? PICKUP wasn’t designed for me. I can’t say with any confidence that it was designed for anyone. The production is sloppy, with flimsy cards and poorly cut edges that dust your table and fingers with abrasive flakes of paper. The design and art are uncredited. For a dice game, I’m not sure it understands what makes dice interesting. The game doesn’t even come with rules. Not all of them. There are three modes, starter, party, and classic. Only the rules for the party mode are included in the box. And let me tell you, “party” is a misnomer.

Classic, though? Classic isn’t awful.

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