100 cards for party game?

I think ... 54 ... ;-)

-Bryk

p.s. What's the game about? How many players? What's the subject/action? etc. ;-D

How much content do you have on one card? If it has a lot of "clues" per card, then I think you could get away with a lower number. If you want a replayability factor, then you should have a good enough variety that players dont see the same card over and over again.

How many card do you go though in one game? How long is the game? I would just roughly guess that around 8 sessions (of multiple playings) worth of cards would be good enough.

Aparently Trivial Pursuit has 800 cards in its standard set.

Cranium comes with 600 cards.

If you can get away with double-sided cards like Taboo, I would suggest taking that approach. In my experience, there's nothing worse in a party game when someone already knew the answer because of the dreaded "we had that one last night" syndrome. The more mileage you can get out of your cards, the better.

Speaking of mileage from party game cards, I like the approach that Why did the Chicken... and Cineplexity take. Multiple cards combine to form one clue so the possibilities are almost limitless. Of course, that takes the pressure off the designer, but it wouldn't work in a lot of games. Just a thought.