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The card game with ever changing rules! It starts out simple, with just the Basic Rule card: draw one card and play one card during each player’s turn. But New Rule cards quickly make things chaotic. Even the object of the game will often change as you play, as players swap out one Goal card for another. Can you get the Rocket to the Moon before someone changes the goal to Death by Chocolate?

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great game!
This is a great game that is different each time you play. It’s even fun with only two people playing, but more is better. I highly recommend it!

5 Stars Great Fun!
First, I don’t have children. My husband and I wanted to play something fun at home, or have something to take to a family get together. Sometimes it’s hard to find clever games for just 2 (or more) people. But this definitely takes the cake.

It’s pretty easy to learn. It was easier for me because he played it at work. Basically, read the rules, then just play a few hands to get used to it. The rules are written on each card and it keeps changing as you play the game. A game can last just a few minutes to about a half hour from what I can tell.

We got version 4.0 and the Zombie Fluxx. They play about the same and I like them both. You can even combine them, or take a few cards from one and mix them with the original deck. The backs are all the same so that they blend together.

The Original Fluxx won an award from Mensa in 1997 and I can see why. We played for a couple of hours and laughed and had a great time. You have to think and keep up with the cards that are in play, but it’s all on the table in front of you so it’s not hard.

You’ll use your mind, use some strategy and have a lot of fun all at once. There’s even a family Fluxx which I think is a bit easier for younger kids.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this game for just about anyone. I have already decided to buy a few more decks and give them as gifts.

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Apples to Apples Party Box Edition

Apples to Apples is the wild, award-winning card and party game that provides instant fun for four to ten players. It’s as easy as comparing Apples to Apples. You can just open the box, deal the cards, and you’re ready to play. Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. If the judge picks your card, you win that round. And everyone gets a chance to be the judge. Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things, and events. Fast moving and refreshing, Apples to Apples is perfect for any get-together with family and friends.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Fun
the more people whom play this game the more fun it is. this game is laughable and interesting.

5 Stars Really awesome!
I love this game! Other reviewers have said it all. But, it’s fun.

The only catch is that you can really just create a bunch of cards at home and make your own version for free! It might even be more fun because it’s personalized. If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t bother buying it.

5 Stars A Fun Game for All
“Apples to Apples” is such a fun game, have enjoyed it with many different groups of friends and relatives, young and old alike.

The game can also cause some interesting discussions about the reasons for picking one answer over another.

5 Stars Fun and educational
I have a class of extremely reluctant high school students, but they get really involved in this and don’t actually realize that they are expanding their vocabulary while they play.

5 Stars Easy to Play, Enjoyable Word Association Game
It is understandable why Apples to Apples has become so popular. Because it is a simple word association game, a group at a family gathering or a casual get-together can easily be persuaded to play. What makes the game a standout is that the psychology of each player is on exhibit, providing a great deal of group entertainment. Everyone gets a chance to be the judge: With each new round, a new person takes on this role, in which he or she must pick the best match for the green adjective card. Everyone else picks up subject cards, from which they choose the one they think the judge will select as the best association. The items on the subject cards present a broad range of topics including people and places, entertainment and sporting activities, science and nature and food, history and culture. Even poison ivy and off-the-wall topics like pond scum come into play!

Studying and understanding the psychology of the judge of-the-moment is a critical aspect of winning the game. One can get a clue from the cards he or she discards when not the judge. Is the judge-of-the-moment goofy and given to oddball or off-the-wall matches, or staid and given to straightforward connections? I have had a number of situations in which my card was chosen because it made for an amusing or “contrarian” fit, and I have done the same as a judge. There can still be skill at winning because more often than not, judges will pick something that is similar in an ordinary way. But because of the subjective element along with twists, subtleties, and ironies, anyone can win. Even when one does not win the overall game, there is enjoyment in being picked by the judge for an amusing match that makes everyone laugh or shake their head.

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Deluxe Sequence

“PLAY A CARD FROM YOUR HAND, PLACE A CHIP ON THE CORRESPONDING SPACE ON THE GAME SURFACE. WHEN YOU HAVE 5 IN A ROW, IT’S A SEQUENCE. LEARN TO BLOCK YOUR OPPONENTS, REMOVE THEIR CHIPS. WATCH OUT FOR THE JACKS–THEY’RE WILD! 2-12 PLAYERS 7+ ategy you’re the winner!CHOCKING HAZARD – CONTAINS SMALL PARTS – NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3″

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Sequence…great game
Sequence is a enjoyable game for all ages. Deluxe sequence is the best format, because you don’t fold the board, so it doesn’t have all the folds to deal with.

5 Stars wonderful family game
This is a wonderful game to play with the whole family. You can play in groups or separately. Involves strategy and helps young ones to think through their plays. The cushioned playing mat is more comfortable and seems to hold the pieces in their place better than the other board.

4 Stars This Game Is A Blast
My family has enjoyed this game many times since purchased in July. The more players, the more fun the game becomes. You can strategize only to a certain extent. The rest is pure luck. Our new family favorite game. Well worth the money.

5 Stars Sequence Review
I like this game. I played it once before and liked it, therefore, I got one for myself. I love card games that make you use strategy, which this game does. Deluxe Sequence

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5 Stars Enjoyable Game
“Sequence” is a card game with a play board. It involves a little luck and a lot of observation and advance planning. No two “rounds” are alike. Although I am not an avid game player, I found “Sequence” to be a lot of fun for the whole family. We take it on camping trips also.

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Sleeping Queens

Parents’ Choice Recommended Imagine a place where there’s a queen of all pancakes, a king of cookies and a pack of over-protective dragons? If this sounds like something out of a dream, it actually is! Sleeping Queens was invented by 6-year-old Miranda Evarts, who thought up the game one night when she couldn’t fall asleep. She awoke the next morning and with help from her older sister, Madeleine and her parents, Denise and Max created this wonderfully whimsical world of napping nobles. As you immerse yourself in the Evarts’ fantasyland, you will find a game that helps develop memory, strategy, and elementary arithmetic skills. Just be careful when playing potion cards or you could wind up putting all the players to sleep! Rise and Shine! The Pancake Queen, the Ladybug Queen and ten of their closest friends have fallen under a sleeping spell and it’s your job to wake them up. Use strategy, quick thinking and a little luck to rouse these napping nobles from their royal slumbers. Play a knight to steal a queen or take a chance on a juggling jester. But watch out for wicked potions and dastardly dragons! The player who wakes the most queens wins.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars A good, quick card game
My daughter got this for her birthday last year, and it has become one of her favorites. We like to play this as a family, and it can be helpful in teaching kids to count by 5’s. There is also some strategy involved in stealing queens, which queens to steal, and why. An enjoyable game overall.

5 Stars Great Game
This game is great! Don’t let the age recommendation fool you. My six and a half year old is learning equations, game strategy and having great fun! She and friends (and our five yr old) are addicted to it. Fun for the whole family. Pleased parents

5 Stars Another hit from Gamewright
We love this game. My 6.5 year old son and I can’t get enough!! I just wished it included higher number cards so that we can use more multiplication. Very creative, fun, challenging and educational.

5 Stars fun for all ages
We’ve had this card game for years and always enjoy playing it. It was easy to learn and individual hands of the game can be played in around 10 min. so it’s great for short attention spans. We just bought the game again to give to a friend (age 12) of my daughter’s who loves playing it when she’s at our house.

3 Stars Cute Card game…but boring after few times
Honestly, this is not a game for adult. Kids will definitely love it, but if you are a grown up…you can not enjoy this game after playing more than 5 times. I personally like the illustration and concept behind the game.But wish it has some more strategy rather than just picking up cards and play for win if you have got action cards at right time. I don’t like the concept of having number cards without much impact on the play, other than deciding how many cards you will pick up. Still I recommend this game for kids. Its immense fun for them and without complex rules they can easily play this game.

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SET Game

This award winning card game is for one or more players. It is recommended for ages six and above. The object of the game is to identify “sets” of three cards. Each card is unique in its four features; color – red, green or purple, symbol – diamond, squiggle or oval, shading – solid, striped or open, and number – 1, 2 or 3. A “set” consists of three cards on which each feature is either the same on all of the cards, or different on all of the cards. This game contains complete instructions for play, 81 cards, and a durable plastic carrying case.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars great combination of joy and education
My soon to be 5 year old boy love to play this game. It is a great game to keep him thinking and focused.

5 Stars Wow. What a work-out for the brain!
This game is… both easy and difficult. There are four different categories for each card (shape, color, number, shading) and each category has three options. You have to identify sets that match in ALL four categories – either they have to be ALL the same in a category, or ALL different in a category.

So if they can be all green, all diamonds, but TOTALLY different in shading and number.

The person with the most sets at the end of the game wins, and they have suggestions for variations at their website.

Teaching yourself to recognize the categories is hard, but the rules are simple. I suspect that some people are just naturally going to find this game easier than others – it seems very much to be a “way your brain works” kind of game. That means it’s certain to be a good levelling game because your kids might be better at it than you are – and all kids like to win because they WON and not because of chance or being allowed to win

4 Stars A fun, but competitive game…
The game SET is really a diamond in the rough. With all of today’s video games, talking this & that and animatronic do-dads, Set is a great source of entertainment for all.

General Commentary:

- Ideal for groups of small (1) to medium size (5 or so).

- I normally play in a group of 20 somethings

Benefits:

- Great for mind stimulation.

- Great for younger (learning colors, numbers, shapes, etc) and older kids alike

Caveats:

- With older “kids”, the game can get a bit competitive

- At times, the game gets very close to a game of Hot Hands and it’s a matter of who can get there faster — with apprehension anytime anyone moves a muscle

- Not good for car rides or playing outside in potentially windy areas

Overall:

- The game is wonderful, but can get a bit competitive and a little addictive.

5 Stars Not for everyone, but I love it!
If you’re visually-oriented or good at “spacial reasoning,” this game will likely be loads of fun for you. If your brain is wired such that you get headaches when thinking through those questions like “if this gear turns clockwise and this gear turns counter-clockwise, which way does this gear over here turn?,” then you’ll likely not like this game. There’s an online version or two you can play to see if you’d like it before buying it. Even if you do buy it and don’t like it, chances are that someone in your family or circle of friends will love it. I really do!

5 Stars family fun-SET game
It is a game challenging your brain and quick reaction. Finding the “set” from all the cards is not only testing the brain also testing how fast you can get the cards before your rival gets them. The overall of the game is fun and educable, especially for family. I would recommend this game to other people if they are seeking the similar type of game.

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