Spot it! Party

By Blue Orange Games
Price $19.99
Age 10+

This edge-of-your-seat fun is a blend of intense competition and silliness that makes for a rollicking good time. Regardless of which of the 6 Spot it! Party mini-games you're playing at any given moment, the goal is always to be the fastest player to spot the matching symbol between 2 cards and call it out. Each card bears 8 (out of more than 50) symbols, and only one matching symbol exists between any two cards. Spotting a match might mean gaining a card or losing one, and the object might be to end with the fewest cards, or the most. Several mini-games incorporate the Hand Mascot, a quirky one-eyed hand standing on the table that can work for or against you. One of our favorite mini-games is Dynamite, in which a series of cards in front of each player is a 'fuse,' burning down based on the speed and skill of that player. Only when you reach the end of your fuse can you call out a match between your hidden card and another player's, an ability dependent on keen attention and a good memory. Another, Hot Potato, consists of lightning strikes in which players spot matches and dump cards into the palms of one another's hands until somebody holds them all and loses. The Tower, The Well, Double Frenzy, and The Race are equally fast fun, and the player who wins the most mini-games in a sitting is declared champion until the next time you play. For 2 to 8 players.