Pistachio

Stay fed. Stay alive. Don't go moldy.

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Pistachio is a fast, mean little card game about staying fed. Eat to keep your Energy up, recruit Sidekicks that twist the whole table in your favor, and Slap your way out of trouble before someone else's play ever resolves. Collect three Golden Pistachios to win it outright — or flip on elimination mode and win by being the last raccoon standing.

It runs on a real Python game engine, not a house-ruled approximation — every Slap chain, every forced discard, every Golden Tournament plays out exactly the way the code says it should. Two to four players, about 30 minutes, plays best with three.

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Pistachio game board mid-turn, showing the deck, Shell Bowl, discard, and Golden Pistachio pile

A player's hand with a Billy Goat Sidekick in play alongside Slap, Nutcracker, and Pistachio cards

Game log showing a Slap chain cancelling a Nutcracker and a Pistachio in the same turn

The in-game quick rules drawer and game log open side by side

A Golden Tournament win screen with a flying raccoon and ranked standings

Two ways to win

Collect three Golden Pistachios to win outright. Turn on the optional elimination mode and you can also win by being the last player standing once everyone else has run dry on Energy.

Energy and Hunger

Eat something before your turn ends, or lose Energy. Every turn is a small bet on whether you've got the food to spare.

Sidekicks change the game

Persistent cards like Gorilla (draw an extra card every turn) and Nutcracker (required before you can eat a Pesky Pistachio) stay in play and shift your options round after round.

A deck with real teeth

Moldy Pistachio costs you Energy and forces everyone else to discard. Thief and Slap can strip a Sidekick or cancel a move outright. Nothing is ever fully safe.

Built from the engine, not the rulebook

The web app plays by exactly what the game's own code enforces — every rule here reflects what actually happens at the table, not what an older printed rulebook said.