The Unix Pipe Card Game
Shares rank 6 of 15 card games by recommenders
Recommended as a cool, well-made card game and a good gift. Critics say it feels like a one-time game with a specific group.
Recommended as a cool, well-made card game and a good gift. Critics say it feels like a one-time game with a specific group.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Well-made physical set, good gift
“I would pay triple to not have to worry about how to print and box these all neatly as you did.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “The Unix Pipe Card Game” “I bought several of these and give them as gifts.”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “The Unix Pipe Card Game”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Feels like a one-time game
“in the current format it feels like a game to bring out exactly once with a very specific group”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “The Unix Pipe Card Game” “it does feel like it is a play once kind of game”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “The Unix Pipe Card Game”
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The four most recommended other card games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| The Unix Pipe Card GameThis page | 8 | 3 | 73% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The instructions are definitely too brief.”
“These are very very cool!”
“the dragging feature doesn’t work on iPad.”
“he reached out personally to make sure it was okay and he also gifted me with another set”
“I would pay triple to not have to worry about how to print and box these all neatly as you did.”
“it does feel like it is a play once kind of game”
“in the current format it feels like a game to bring out exactly once with a very specific group”
“I am having a hard time imagining it's the best way to learn to pipe together commands.”
“I bought several of these and give them as gifts.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.