Mermaid Beach

By Gamewright
Price $10.99
Age 6 & Up

Mermaid Beach is fantastic fun, and was invented by an 8-year-old girl, no less! The game moves at a brisk pace, has lots of variety, and is very easy to understand and play. There are two card decks - Shell cards are worth points and go face up when you get one, while Beach cards stay hidden in your hand until played. It is the variety and consequences of the Beach cards that really super-charge the fun. For example, discarding a Mermaid card or pair of matching beach items earns you another Shell card and thus, points. A Sneaker Wave card will cause another player to lose a valuable Shell card, while Seaweed cards cause someone to take another Beach card, keeping them from going out. The object is to be the player with the most Shell card points when the game ends, but beware the Sea Monster, which eats all your highest numbered Shell cards! Full of twists and turns, Mermaid Beach plays very smoothly and is loads of fun!