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Hedge Your Bets with Trivia Card Game Casino El3ab

This new diverse card game forces players to think, sing and share embarrassing secrets all at once.

Staff Writer

With all of these new card games popping up to keep us entertained and distracted from the current state of the world, it can be difficult to choose just one. What if you want to play movie trivia games and word games all at once? Call it a first world problem if you wish - we demand solutions! Launched in June 2020 as a passion project by Eslam Nagy and Alia Abouzekry,  a new card game called 'Casino El3ab' solves that problem by combining three decks into one game: Wara El Kawalees (Movie Trivia), Mish bel Sahel (singing and word puzzle), and Osra f Ba3deeha (where you get to find out your friend and family’s most hidden secrets).


The first deck is all about movies, but really puts your knowledge to the test with a 60-second time limit to answer each card. The first round covers film references, where players need to help their team guess the film or a specific scene through mime or lipsynching; no talking allowed! The second deck – Mish Bel Sahel – sees the players unjumble words written backwards, and describing jobs, food or place without actually stating its name - however, you can sing it! The third and final deck, Osra f Ba3deena, features dares and challenges that puts players on the spot to share their most embarrassing secrets.


“This game is really more than just a game to us,” Nagy tells #CairoScene proudly. “It’s a project made with so much love and care, that was carefully-crafted and original, and my fiancé Alia really inspired me and supported me endlessly through the process of creating this game which we truly wanted to call our own.”


Nagy and Abouzekry hope to launch more games in the future. The game is currently available on Casino Al3ab’s Instagram page.