Games – Rating and Reviews https://rating-and-reviews.com Sun, 14 Nov 2021 08:50:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 I should have known that! Trivia Game Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/i-should-have-known-that-review/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 08:50:48 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3094 The best way to amp up a sleepover with friends is to take out the famous trivia game ‘I should have known that’. The small and compact size of the box of this game is what makes it easier for you to carry the game around. It arrives without the fuss of larger boards, so you can easily play this game anywhere. Thanks to the simpler rules, understanding the game is a piece of cake; however, winning it is the real deal!

The game comes with a deck of 110 cards with 440 questions in a sturdy box. The questions range from general knowledge to the things around you. The interesting questions of this game will have you on the edge of your seat. The hilarity of the questions is what makes this game, so fun to play. It requires a person to really rack their brain. This trivia game will be loved by a 21-year-old and a 50-year-old alike.

Here is the trick of the creators that will have players hooked to the game. Every time a player gives an incorrect answer, they lose a point. I personally found this part to be the best feature of this game, as it makes the entire game even more interesting.

Pros
Easy to understand
Multiple players
Easy questions
Inexpensive price tag
Games goes on for many hours

Cons
Answers are written on the card’s back
Does not come with a board

Get your hands on this trivia game if you are a trivia buff who is looking to have loads of fun with your friends and family. In addition to being highly entertaining, the game is relatively easy to understand even for beginners, and the best part is that it comes at an affordable price!

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Catan Board Game Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/catan-board-game-review/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:16:58 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3066 Catan Board Game (Base Game)

Catan is the name of the fictional island on which the whole game is played. It’s fun and challenging on multiple levels, and I’m not the only one who agrees: Millions of copies in over 30 languages have been sold, and, in addition to numerous other accolades, Catan won The Game of the Century Award at Gamescom in 2015. I wanted to see if this popular family board game, which is also known as The Settlers of Catan or simply Settlers, was up to the challenge of entertaining each of my five kids, from ages 7 to 15.

Design: Beautiful and high-quality

The board itself is made up of 19 interchangeable hexagonal tiles, each representing different terrains: forest, field, mountain, hill, and pasture. Each of these terrains corresponds to a “resource”—lumber, grain, ore, brick, and wool, respectively—that players need to grow their settlements. There is also one desert tile (which gives you no resources), and number tokens (which will correspond to the numbers later rolled on the dice).

The edge of the board is made up of six thin coastal frame pieces representing the ocean. There are also small wooden tokens representing houses, cities, and roads that let players literally build their settlements on the board. The tiles themselves, the game cards, and all the rest of the pieces are colorful, sleek, and beautifully designed.

The strategic thinking needed to decide when and what to buy is somewhat sophisticated, giving more mature players a leg up on younger ones.

The backside of each hexagonal tile features the same water design as the coastal pieces. This design element allows the resource on the front side of each tile to stay hidden so that the tiles can be drawn and placed at random when the board is set up at the start of the game. It also allows for the integration of the Seafarers of Catan extension, in which the tiles are placed upside down to form an ocean. In this version of the game, players seek to expose resources through exploration during each turn.

The game is designed for three to four players. If you have a larger group, you can either team up, as we did, or try one of many game extensions available, which can accommodate up to six gamers. There are also many other versions of the game available, including, aptly, a Game of Thrones edition.

Setup: Fun to switch up

It takes about five minutes to set up the board for each game and then around an hour for each match. We often play two games back to back, usually at my insistence, so I can have another (usually fleeting) chance to best my kids.

The strategy and tactics components come into play during setup: Each player takes turns placing two settlements (little houses) and two roads; settlements may be placed anywhere on the board as long as there is no other settlement within one road segment. This creates a unique terrain that looks like a map for each game.

Once the last player places his or her first settlement, that player gets to then place his or her second road and settlement, followed by the remaining players in reverse order. You need to strategically place your settlements in spots near a variety of resources on the board. For example, if you choose a spot surrounded only by hills (which gives you brick), then you won’t be able to get the resources necessary to advance your gameplay later on. Choose well, and you’ll reap the rewards with each roll of the dice; choose poorly (or unluckily) and you’ll quickly be cursing those choices.

When my family plays, we try to make the tile selection process as “fair” as possible, evenly distributing the resources as well as the number tokens. Overall, we found the setup process easy and enjoyable—similar to putting together a simple puzzle with multiple moving pieces. In fact, my teenage son Charlie says that after winning, it’s his favorite part of the game.

Concept: Winningly creative (and competitive)

The game is over when a player earns 10 points—and in our experience, it tends to be competitive until the last point is won (or stolen, depending on your perspective). Points can be racked up a variety of ways: building houses and cities, owning the longest road or the biggest army and holding point-bearing “development” cards.

Catan tends to be competitive until the last point is won (or stolen, depending on your perspective).

Rolling: Each turn begins with a roll of the two dice whose sum will correspond to the number token on a hexagonal tile. If your settlement is adjacent to that tile, then you earn the resource that it represents. Settlements earn one resource card each and cities earn two. So, for example, if you placed two cities next to a mountain tile with a 5 on it, you’ll get four ore cards every time a 5 is rolled.

The game also marks the number tokens with the probability that they’ll be rolled using one to five small dots. Five dots and a red-colored number means that it’s one of the most likely numbers to be rolled (both 8 and 6 have this designation). The least likely numbers (2 and 12) just have one dot. You’ll definitely want to place your settlements near tiles with higher-probability numbers in order to win.

The Robber: When a sum of 7 is rolled, that player gets to place the “Robber Pawn” on any tile. The robber brings death to the tile it sits on, which means no resources can be collected there until the robber moves. It’s placed or moved on the board when the next player rolls 7s or when a “knight” development card (purchased by that player), is played. Additionally, whenever a 7 is rolled, players with more than seven resource cards in their hands have to discard half of them (rounded up).

Collecting Resources: “Resource cards” display pictures of the coveted resources, which provide the building blocks for everything a player wants to do. This includes expanding roads, building new settlements, converting settlements into cities, and purchasing “development cards” (more on those later).

My family found that the ability to earn resource cards each time the dice are rolled, even when it’s not your turn, kept everyone engaged. The only drawback is that sometimes you end up in a game where you have no chance of winning, and that can be less than fun.

Building: Each person has a building cost card that shows what combination of resources they need for each possible purchase. A road can be bought with one wood and one brick resource card. A settlement costs one each of wood, brick, wheat, and sheep. An existing settlement can become a city with two wheat and three stone. Development cards cost one wheat, one sheep, and one stone. It’s good to refer to the building cost card throughout the game to see what resources you need to target next in your gameplay.

Trading: Players may attempt to trade resource cards on their turn with any other player. If both agree, then any trade is permissible. You can only initiate a trade during your turn, and you must be part of the trade taking place.

Holding Development Cards: As we mentioned, players can buy “development cards” using their resource cards during a turn. These cards are picked from the face-down stack so that you don’t know what you are getting. There are five types of development cards: knight, road building, victory point, monopoly, and year of plenty.

The knight cards (which symbolize a settlement’s military might) allow you to move the robber and work toward winning the “largest army” card (worth two points), which means you have at least three knights and more than all the other players. A road-building card will give you two free roads to place without having to use your resource cards. Victory points are what they sound like: You can turn these cards over at the end to secure your win. A monopoly card allows you to take all resource cards of a certain type from all the other players. Say, for example, you really need ore cards, but your settlements aren’t placed well to get them. You can turn over the monopoly card in that case. Finally, the year of plenty card allows you to take two resource cards of your choice from the bank.

The only drawback is that sometimes you end up in a game where you have no chance of winning, and that can be less than fun.

Earning Bonus Cards: Bonus cards, each worth two points, are earned by the player who has the longest road and the biggest army. Fellow players steal this honor (and the points) if they build a longer road or bigger army, meaning these points are always in flux until the end of the game.

Entertainment Value: Prepare for Catan to take over your game nights
For adults: Though I’ll pretty much try any game at least once, I’ll admit that the concept of Catan was originally off-putting to me—partly because the idea of building settlements didn’t sound exactly exciting. Well, I was completely wrong: It turns out that Catan is an awesome, absorbing game, and vying to build the biggest settlements is as exciting as it gets.

As my family learned, each loss does help you strategize for the next match. There were a few games where we each thought we were doomed, but after sticking with it for a few turns, our prospects brightened.

Educational Value: Social studies in a box
Catan doesn’t feel like school, but it definitely teaches about the importance and consequences of access to resources, odds, the snowballing effect of luck (or lack thereof) on human success, migration, bartering, and other economic issues. The game also hones decision-making and tactical thinking.

Age Range: Tweens and up
There are so many games out there, but finding options that please (and are appropriate for) each of my five kids is a major consideration for me. Catan is designed for ages 10 and up. I sometimes include my littler players (my 7- and 9-year-olds) by teaming up with them.

The strategic thinking needed to decide when and what to buy is somewhat sophisticated, giving more mature players a leg up on younger ones. Although, in my case, the benefit of my extra years of experience seems to max out once my kids pass 12. Overall, we found this game to be enjoyable for all ages and simple to understand the basics of play.

Price: Resources well spent
Catan retails for around $49. The price is somewhat steep compared to other board games, which tend to cost between $20 and $40. However, this is not your average game. The beautifully designed, intricate, adjustable board pieces and lovely cards, as well as the absorbing complexity of the game all warrant the higher price. Plus, this game can be played again and again and feel eternally new due to the interchangeable board and options for expansions, which can be purchased to create even more unique playing experiences.

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Exploding Kittens Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/exploding-kittens-review/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:03:20 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3060 How it Works: Try not to draw the wrong card

The whole point of Exploding Kittens is to not draw an Exploding Kitten card. Once you do, you’re out. That’s the (bad) luck part. And since you can’t end your turn until you draw a card, the threat is always there. But to stay in the game, you can try to use all the other cards to your advantage. That’s where the strategy comes in: You want to lower your odds of drawing the dreaded card by increasing the odds that your opponents will.

This is done with the use of the other cards in the deck. Every player gets one Defuse card, which counteracts the Exploding Kitten card. You only get to play it once, but you’ll stay alive and you get to put the Exploding Kitten card back in the deck wherever you want. If you think it through carefully, you might be able to knock the next opponent out.

There are six other types of cards, including an Attack card, which lets you immediately end your turn and force the next player to take two turns in a row. Why is taking two turns a bad thing? Because you’ll have to draw two cards, and you never know if the Exploding Kitten will be one of them.

Most people attracted to this game will love the ridiculous drawings of bats farting or cats shaped like hairy potatoes.

Think the Kitten card is lurking? Play the Skip card if you have it, and you won’t have to draw a card to end your turn. If you have a See the Future card, you can take a peek at the top three cards in the deck to see if it’s there, then play another card to avoid it. Maybe you’ll play a Skip card, an Attack card to force an opponent to deal with it, or a Shuffle card to get it back further down the deck.

You can use a Favor card to force an opponent to give you one of their cards (of their choice), or a matching pair of Cat cards to steal a random card from an opponent. While drawing a card from the pile is always fraught, getting one from an opponent is great because there’s no way it’s an Exploding Kitten—and you might end up with a coveted Defuse card. Of course, these strategies will all be used against you too, which is where the Nope card comes in handy. It counteracts any action against you, except for the Exploding Kitten.

Each deck of 56 cards can support a game of two to five players (if you want to include more players, you have to buy another set of cards). Shuffle the Exploding Kitten cards into the deck, making sure there’s one less than there are players so that someone can win.

Design: Wonderfully inappropriate

You don’t buy a game called Exploding Kittens if you’re easily offended. And you won’t want to pull it out to play with someone who will frown upon gross-out humor. But most people attracted to this game will love the ridiculous drawings of bats farting or cats shaped like hairy potatoes, all in Matthew Inman’s signature humorous style. Our players found the pictures hilarious, and they added a big fun factor to the game. Even the text on the instruction sheet is fun and slightly silly.

Other than the cards and the instruction sheet, though, there’s nothing else to the game, making it compact and easy to take on the road.

Entertainment Value: Fun for evil genius types

Exploding Kittens requires a certain amount of hard-nosed aggression to try to get everyone else to explode but you. This appeals to some people but not others. We found that the kids, teens, and dads relished stealing cards from their opponents or setting them up for disaster. One of the moms in our group was more reluctant to be ruthless and enjoyed the game far less.

People in the group who don’t like to think strategically also felt a little lukewarm about the game. It took a few rounds to remember what all the cards can do and learn how to use them to their best advantage. And since it’s a game with a lot of tension, rather than action, some of our younger players got bored pretty fast.

People in the group who don’t like to think strategically felt a little lukewarm about the game.

However, game players who thrive on the luck of the draw, as well as the thrill of thwarting opponents and causing their demise, will thoroughly enjoy Exploding Kittens. It’s simple enough that it doesn’t require complex Machiavellian tactics, and most kids can grasp the strategic concepts. Games don’t take too long to play, so it’s easy to fit in a round without a big-time commitment.

Age Range: Temperament trumps age

The game’s creators recommend ages 7 and up, but we think that depends a lot on the 7-year-old. Age, really, is less relevant than temperament. There’s not a lot of reading, and the concept is simple to understand, but there’s strategy required to make the game fun and not just random, and that requires patience and concentration.

There’s also quite a bit of downtime as you wait for each player to make his or her choices. Since each player can play as many cards as they like before ending their turn, it can take a while. Exploding Kittens is definitely not a fast-paced, action-packed game. And it’s really only fun for people who relish knocking other players out of the game.

What We Like
Easy to learn and no setup required
Strategy required keeps players engaged

Cards feature irreverent artwork

What We Don’t Like
Limited to 5 players
Card uses can be confusing
Encourages aggressive play

Bottom line
Exploding Kittens is a fun card game for anyone with a cheeky sense of humor who enjoys relying on both luck and strategy to defeat opponents.

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Off Topic Game Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/off-topic-review/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:49:50 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3055 Perfect party game for adults( 2-8 players). The best game for those with short attention spans. the pace is quick, the rules are simple, and games can be as brief as 30 minutes, or as fun as 90 minutes.
Be aware it is definitely for older children/adults. We laughed until we were in tears with some of these topics. Glad I picked this one up.

How to play: Players receive a personal whiteboard and whiteboard marker, and one player reveals a card with multiple prompts; one for each pair of lines on the whiteboard. Then the die is rolled to determine what letter every answer must start with. Once set, the timer is flipped and players must attempt to answer as many of the prompts as they can before time runs out.

After this phase, players will go through the prompts to see what everyone else wrote. Be careful, though, as if multiple people come up with the same answer, NO ONE gets points! For every unique answer to the prompt you have written down (up to two) you gain a point. Once the comparing and point-scoring is done, players erase their board and start a new round. After 5 rounds, the player with the most points is the winner.

What’s In The Box: a 20-sided die, 16 game cards, 8 white boards, 10 dry erase markers, and a 2-minute sand timer.

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Beat That! Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/beat-that-review/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:39:45 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3049 Beat That! – The Bonkers Battle of Wacky Challenges Family Party Game for Kids & Adults

If you are looking for some fast, frantic, family fun, then look no further! This could be the game for you! Beat That! Or as it is more formally known, Beat That! The Bonkers Battle of Wacky Challenges offers so much fun in this little box. Essentially it is a list of hundreds of quick, simple challenges using the components inside, designed to create e a lot of laughter and fun which is archives admirably! Fun challenges you can test yourself against either on your own against the clock, in a challenge against another player or a battle royal where all players try to complete the task first.
But is this a party or drinking game? Well, this works equally well with children at a party or adults after a few glasses of fizz! Either way, this box provides all you need for five minutes or five hours of fun. There are no real rules, it’s just a case of picking out the challenges and having some fun! But the game does suggest you can have a game set to 10 challenges but do whatever works for you and your group.
You can easily take cards out to suit any age or ability, some are more physical than others, but you can find something to suit anyone in this huge list of cards. You can tailor the challenges to your group, requirements, or level of hangover.

Start the timer!
The challenges difficulty varies from being quite easy, to surprisingly difficult! There is a nice balance between dexterity/balance, silly/fun challenges, and skill tests. Everything is easily understood and explained, and the game has a clever levelling mechanic to make it suit mixed abilities.
After you have read the card aloud to the group and explained any specifics; each player then bets on their chances of success. Everyone starts with a group of coins of different values. If you are sure of victory, bet five coins on yourself. Feeling less confident? Perhaps bet just the one. There is bound to be a challenge more suited to your abilities later, so you can hold off committing the more valuable coins until something more suited to your skillset comes up.
It is a nice twist to the game which makes each player invested in each challenge but without the inevitable cries of the game not being fair. Ideal for children’s parties or adults alike!

What’s in the box?
Inside this colourful box of fun, you will fund the plastic cups, chopsticks, a tape measure, dice, coins, a timer and the cards needed for the challenges. And there are a lot of cards! 160 in total! This is a game you could play for hours if you wanted to. And of course, repeating challenges is obviously fine. You could perhaps pull out your favourites and then shuffle them into a family deck. That way you know each person will have cards they enjoy doing or are particularly good add. There is a lot of scope for “sandboxing” here. We have made a fair few challenges of our own with the components provide, which is a lot of fun in itself.
All the components are of decent quality. The cards are a little thin and flimsy and prone to getting easily damaged, but everything else is of decent quality. There are a decent number of balls too, which is useful as they have a tendency of flying all over the room, and I am confident you will lose some under your sofa as we did too!
A lot of the games work well over video call too, if you have a friend with some plastic cups and ping pong balls etc, you could easily play a lot of the challenges over the internet with loved ones you cannot share a room with. Parlour games for the 21st century.

Party time!
So, if you are looking for everything you need to create hours of fun either for a children’s party, family game night, or an adult party with people looking for something fun and frantic away from the usual parlour games or board games, this could be the thing you need. For me, I see it as a box of essential tools I am very happy of having at my disposal. Whenever I want to set my children a challenge to fill an hour, perfect!
Whenever I need something to play with friends after dinner and they don’t fancy a sit-down board game, then here you go! Party on! Beat That! This game works for many occasions and always delivers a lot of fun and laughter. Something we all need more of right now!

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Kids Against Maturity Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/kids-against-maturity-review/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:34:13 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3045 Kids Against Maturity: Card Game for Kids and Families

Family game night is a favorite thing around my house.  We love to gather around the kitchen table and play games.  Some games we have found to be a bit much for the kids due to innuendos and coarse language.  We then have to hold those for when we have adult friends over.  Thankfully Kids Against Maturity is geared to be played with the kids.  There is toilet humor galore, and lots of laughter.  My kids get to engage in a hilarious game where we all get to laugh and joke around.

Kids Against Maturity Will Be Your New Favorite For Family Game.
This game, which was voted 2020 Game of the Year by Creative Child Magazine, is easy to play and portable to bring with you whether you’re playing inside or outside.  It has age appropriate toilet humor for ages 8+, and funny innuendos for the older crowd.  There are 500 question and answer cards in a compact box to transport on trips or to a friend’s house.  The game is simple- each player gets ten white cards with funny words or phrases.  Then, there is a blue card with a fill in the blank.  Players take turns reading the blue card and choosing the funniest white card the other players offer up to answer the fill in the blank.  The player who wins that round gets the blue card, and once someone has 5 blue cards, they win!

I love this game because it had my husband laughing up a storm.  Between work and the everyday stresses of life, I believe adults do not laugh nearly enough.  We were at the table for well over an hour, playing multiple rounds of Kids Against Maturity.  We were all laughing and having a good time.  Some cards the kids didn’t understand, but we did.  Those inside jokes from movies and things of our own generation were really cool.  Playing this game is a blast, and so much better than vegging in front of a TV or a phone screen.

Most noteworthy is the fact that anyone can be the winner by simply collecting five blue cards.  You do not have to be the most skilled, or the smartest.  In fact all you need is a little luck to get some hilarious white cards to play.  My daughter won the first round and was so ecstatic!

We enjoy this game so much, it is currently our favorite game to play.  We brought it over to my brother-in-law’s house on Father’s Day and got to play with a larger group.  The whole family loved it and got a kick out of the humor.  We opened some of the expansion kits which include another 50 white cards and 50 blue cards and add more hysterical words and questions in play.  Expansion packs are great because they renew the game, and Kids Against Maturity has several expansion packs you can buy.

The best part about this game is the simplicity; you do not have to explain a complex set of rules.  You just deal out the cards and then quickly ask each player to pick their funniest card to fill in the blank.  We also were able to deal in family members in the middle of the game.
One game set includes 600 question and answer cards and a handy box to store it all.

If you play family games, you need to own this awesome game.  You will love it!

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Throw Throw Burrito Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/throw-throw-burrito-review/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:24:11 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3039 Throw Throw Burrito  It’s a card-based game with plenty of quirky action “thrown” in (pardon the pun). Described as a dodgeball card game, players will find themselves racing to match up cards while trying to take out their opponents by throwing burritos! Who would have guessed?!

How to Play
Each player will be dealt an equal stack of 15 face-down cards. These cards having a range of wacky animals on, as well as burrito brawls, duels and wars! The crazy animals range from Goth Sloths and Floaty Goatys to Licky Chickys and Logger Doggers.

The aim of the game is to get three matching cards and create a set, each animal set being worth one point. The stack of cards each player receives will be their placed on their right, forming their personal draw pile. Each player will draw five cards to start and this is your hand limit. This game “throws” turns out of the window as it is every man for himself! The quicker you are, the better you will perform throughout the game.

It is more than likely that you will have no matches to start off with. Therefore, you must look at discarding a card. To discard a card from your hand, simply place on top of the player’s draw pile to your left. This means the next card they draw is the card you don’t want! You can keep doing this until you find your first triplet of cards. As soon as you do, simply place them down in front of you and continue playing. That’s the card element of this game nailed.
Now comes the throwing part! There are three types of “burrito” card that can be found in the deck; Burrito Brawl, Duel and War.

Burrito Brawl. The players to your left and right fight it out. Both players grab a burrito and try to be the first to hit the other with said burrito! Who said food fights weren’t fun!?

Burrito War. This includes all players, except the person who played the three cards. All of those players must try and grab a burrito and the first to get hit loses the war.

Burrito Duel. This can include any two players, including yourself. The players must stand back to back with a burrito in hand. They pace outwards to the chant of 3,2,1, before spinning and throwing at the shout of burrito. The first to be hit loses the duel.

Each loser will receive a Burrito Bruise. They are worth -1 point at the end of the game. If you play either of the three Burrito Battle cards, you’ll receive two points for each set played.

The game will play until all the burrito bruises have been handed out. Once this happens, tot up your scores. The player with the highest score will receive the “Fear Me” burrito badge. The second round will then commence. If the same player gains the most points, they win the game. If not, the other player to win round two will have to duel with the previous winner. The winner of that Duel will be crowned the Burrito Champion!

This crazy dodgeball style card game is quick and easy to learn. This is, of course, a party game and with party games, you don’t want that complexity, especially if you are playing with non-gamers or those new to the hobby. You don’t want people switching off and with Throw Throw Burrito, you can rest assured that no one will be switching off at all! This is the sort of game you can pull out at a New Year celebration and have people playing in a matter of minutes, even if they are slightly inebriated.

Of course, being a party game, you will want a fair amount of interaction between players and this drives that interaction beautifully. You will be throwing cards down in your opponent’s direction, in a desperate bid to get that magical triplet of cards and naturally, their draw pile is going to get messier and messier. Numerous times during the games I have played, you’ll hear a yelp as the player realises they have an utter mess of cards in front of them and sure enough, they will then begin to find those brawl cards to get their own back for you messing up their play area!

Much like the Exploding Kittens game, the production quality is great, with good quality cards and some rather fancy foam burritos. Yes, this game could be seen as slightly dangerous, throwing burritos all over the place, but the burritos themselves are as soft as anything and while there is still a risk of hitting some expensive vases around the home, they aren’t going to do much damage directly! Of course, try and avoid playing the game in a room full of expensive antiques as you will more than likely end up breaking something!

Should you buy Throw Throw Burrito?

In the grand scheme of games, this certainly isn’t anything massively innovative. However, combining the art of cards and throwing seems to yield a beautiful result, one that is a devilishly funny, massively interactive game of cunning card play and artful burrito dodging. If you need a new game for your Christmas Parties and New Year bashes, then this is just the game you have been looking for! Unadulterated fun, all brought together by a squishy, foam burrito! What more could you ask for!?

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UNO Reviewhttps://rating-and-reviews.com/uno-review/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:14:25 +0000 http://rating-and-reviews.com/?p=3034 UNO Family Card Game

This fun family card game is perfect for adults, teens, and kids 7 years old and up.
UNO Tin comes with 112 cards and instructions in a sturdy tin that’s great for storage and travel.
Each player is dealt 7 cards with the objective of being the first to get rid of them all on the common, face up discard pile. The cards are in four colors, each color has the numbers 0 to 9 and some symbol cards, with functions like, change direction, skip a player and next player pick up 2. There are also a number of straight wild cards and a number of wilds that force the next player to pick up 4. In your turn, you try to play a card from your hand to the discard.

This could be the same color as the face card. It could be the same number or symbol, or it could be a wild card of some type. If you can’t play you pick up; if that card can be played it is immediately, and if not it is added to your hand. When you have one card in your hand you must remember to say ‘Uno’ or pay a forfeit of picking up 4 cards. If you are first to lay your last card you win the round. The other players total the face value of the cards in their hand, scoring 20 for colored symbols and 50 for wild cards.

Two options exist for overall game scoring: either the player who goes out gets the sum of these totals and the first to 500 wins. Or each player keeps their own score, the game ends when one player hits 500 and then the player with the lowest score wins.

Uno Cards
Take that and party
It’s simple, quick to teach, quick to play, and enormous fun. The game is permeated with constant ‘take that’ plays which normally have everyone guffawing (possibly even the victim). And the sting is drawn because changing direction cards mean you will likely be repaying the favor soon. Likewise, the whole thing is so quick and low stakes that it’s hard to take being done over too seriously. There is some light tactical hand management around the use of symbols and wild cards which bears some thought. For example, holding onto wilds can make for an easy finish, but if you get it wrong and someone beats you to the finish that’s 50 points in your hand.

So much to love,
I love the fact that I had to read the rules before I wrote this and my rules are different, as are my parents’ rules: every time we sit down there is some light bartering over how we are playing. I love that everyone in the family loves it – its a go to for three generations to sit and play together with levels of cheeky banter that  wouldn’t be countenanced otherwise. I think its fabulous to find  that there is a ‘traditional family game’ that’s actually fun to play. It always amuses me that our copy is held together as  a deck with an hair elastic and that individual cards keep appearing around the house; it doesn’t matter, there’s absolutely nothing precious about Uno other than the moments of joy you will have playing it with those closest to you.

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