Inkling Cards

By MixxMedia, LLC
Price $24.99
Age 5+

This fun, fast-moving family card game proved to be abundant in both its entertainment and educational value and exceptionally well suited for play by younger children. After receiving 5 cards apiece at the outset, players take turns adding one card to their hand before discarding one, or, in some cases, swapping cards with another player. A majority of the deck consists of numbered cards, and the goal is to be the player holding the highest sum total at game's end. There are also special cards players can use to force a card swap with another player as well as others that can be used to block such a swap. Play flows smoothly from start to finish, and youngsters quickly become adept at comparing numbers, calculating sums, and mentally keeping track of who has been discarding the highest cards, a strategy by which they can assess the risk/reward potential when choosing who to target for their next swap!