Tacocat Spelled Backwards is a silly battle game played with palindrome-themed numbered cards. Battles are won by placing a higher card from your hand than your opponent. But you win by having the lowest card at the end of a hand to score a point. It seems like a game of chance but with the tactical card swapping, catch-up scoring track and jumbo attacks there's more here than meets the eye.

Play involves a series of card-duelling rounds you win by having the lowest card at the end. Each round the number of cards you get is indicated on the score track. This also points to one player who then determines how many cards you can both replace.

Once you have your cards, you work through a series of duels. One player chooses a card (most likely their highest) that must be matched or beaten. If the defender can't do this then they have to discard their lowest card. Winning a duel doesn't score points, but it forces your opponent to discard a valuable low card and keeps you in control for the next duel. Whoever has the lowest card on the final dual wins the round and moves the score track in their direction.

The result is a game with more tactics than initially appears. How many cards you decided to replace limits your opponent, so only swapping one can lock them into a bad hand. Then there are the multi-card jumbo attacks that grant another attack if not defended. Then there's the way the scoring track lets trailing players catch up more quickly. It's a lot of fun and really evolves as you play more.