I contacted the owner of and asked whether Cabo was IP-protected and whether the origins of the game were known. After chatting with friends I met at P圜on, I looked into what it would take to print a custom card deck to sell or gift to friends. I have thought about making an online version of this game, printing playing cards with custom Cabo-themed artwork, and making an open source program that knows the rules of Cabo so I could use it as a teaching tool.
There is now a Wikipedia entry for Cabo and I ran across a website selling special Cabo playing cards: (now offline). Them: Hm okay.Ĭabo did not have a Wikipedia article when I first learned about it and I couldn’t find anything online about it. Them: What kind of game is it? Me: An information management game (“memory game” seems to discourage people). Would you like to play a fairly quick card game? It’s called Cabo. The conversation usually goes something like this: I have spread this game to dozens of people at tech conferences, most recently during P圜on 2015. It plays quickly and is perfect while idling between activities. About five years ago a friend taught me a card game called Cabo.
