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CHIMAX - Ebony Colorway
CHIMAX - Ebony Colorway
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One 13-card set. Many ways to play.
For schools, teams & organizations
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Volume pricing is available for classrooms, libraries, youth programs, corporate gifting and community events. Custom logo and color printing available on qualifying orders.
Request volume pricingThirteen cards. One of them beats everything. Good luck finding it.
CHIMAX is a strategy card game you can teach in about sixty seconds and lose to your ten-year-old in about six minutes. Everyone plays a card face down. Highest card takes the Book. That is the entire rule — and it is nowhere near as simple as it sounds.
Ebony is where CHIMAX started: a deep black mosaic shot through with gold, so the numbers seem to surface out of the card rather than sit on it. The one that looks like it belongs on a table where people take the game seriously.
Why one round turns into five
- A hierarchy you feel before you memorize it. Infinity beats everything. Zero beats every number but falls to Infinity. One-Half sits at the bottom and loses to almost anything — which is exactly why holding it hurts.
- The Question Mark makes it a bluffing game. Play it and you must declare it as 15, 25, 50 or 100. Claim big and you take the round — unless someone is holding the real card, and then you lose it entirely. Each value can only be claimed once per round, so the good lies run out.
- No peeking. That's the point. Cards stay face down. What you remember about what has already been played is the whole edge.
- Ten minutes or two hours. Pick a target score and the length of the night is yours. Two players go to 75 or 100. A table of five races to 20.
- Two players or the whole table. It works as a head-to-head duel and it works with everyone crowded around.
Where it actually gets used
Kitchen tables, classroom free periods, airport gates, waiting rooms, dorm floors, road trips. Thirteen cards fit in a jacket pocket, so it goes everywhere a board game cannot.
What arrives
One CHIMAX Ebony set of 13 cards — ½, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, Zero, Question Mark and Infinity — plus the rules for CHIMAX War and the other ways to play the same deck.
Buying for a classroom, team or program? Volume pricing starts at 50 decks, with custom logo and color printing available. See volume pricing →
CHIMAX™ is a trademark of MOSAYK, L.L.C.
What's included
What's included
One CHIMAX 13-card set and the rules booklet. The thirteen cards are 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, 0, ? and Infinity.
Card hierarchy
Card hierarchy
Infinity is the highest card. Zero beats every numbered card but loses to Infinity. Numbered cards rank 100 down to 1. One-Half is lowest. A Question Mark may be declared as 15, 25, 50 or 100, and each value may only be declared once per round.
How to play
How to play
Shuffle, negotiate the cut, and deal every card face down. Each player plays one card per round and the highest card wins the Book. Special cards adjust the score. First to the agreed target score wins. Watch the videos and read the full rules.
Classroom & group play
Classroom & group play
CHIMAX is designed for shared play and invites players to practice focus, sequencing, memory and strategic decision-making. Volume pricing is available for classrooms, libraries and youth programs. Facilitator and partner programs.
Shipping & returns
Shipping & returns
Shipping options and costs are shown at checkout before you pay. For questions about delivery timing, returns or exchanges, contact us and we will respond directly.
The CHIMAX Order
Thirteen cards. One sequence.
Infinity is highest. Zero beats every numbered card but loses to Infinity. One-Half is lowest. A Question Mark may be declared as 15, 25, 50 or 100, and each value may only be declared once per round.
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1/2
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1
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2
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3
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5
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10
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15
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25
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50
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100
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0
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?
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Infinity
