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SET-9000-S SET The Family Game of Visual Perception $12.00
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The object of the game is to identify "sets" of three cards.  Each card is unique in it's four features: color, symbol, shading, and number.  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.
1 or more Players. 

 Ages 6 and up.

SET-9000-Q Quiddler The Short Word Game $12.00
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The challenge is to arrange your entire hand into words.  Draw and discard in turn.  Try to use those high point letters,  but don't get caught with them uncombined.  Quiddler is fast paced because you can play using everyday words. The player with the most words gets a 10 point bonus, and the player with the longest word also gets a 10 point bonus.  Quiddler is a delightful challenge for both rookies and word game lovers.
1-8 Players. 

Ages 8 and up.

SET-9000-F Five Crowns $12.00
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Five Crowns® is a card game for the whole family. It has original game play, but uses skills that you have obtained from playing your old favorites like Hearts, Spades and Rummy. Because Five Crowns has five Royal Families -- the Stars, the Clubs, the Hearts, the Spades and the Diamonds -- yes, five suits in the old usage, it allows a more equal chance of making a book or a run, effectively giving each player more possibilities to readjust their hand so as to go out. The play starts with three cards and the 3s are wild; the next hand has four cards and the 4s are wild.... working up to the last hand when the Kings are wild. Each of the Royal Families is portrayed in original art and has its own colors. Five Crowns is a fast paced, ingenious new game in eleven rounds. Ages 8 & up. 2-7 Players.

  • Ages 8 & up
  • 2-7 Players
  • Fun for the whole family
  • Takes 40-60 minutes to play
SET-9000-X Xactika $12.00
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Xactika® is an original card game, which challenges the players ability to estimate the outcome of playing 8 cards. You must predict the chances of being able to take the other players cards that are laid down during each round. There is no drawing or discarding. You must predict exactly (hence the name Xactika) the number of rounds in which you will be able to take the cards played. As play evolves, cards that appear too weak to take a trick initially may become strong enough to do so as the hand evolves. . Xactika®, while of the same genera as Spades or Euchre, has more opportunity and takes a little more skill.

Xactika® is a fast turn game. Each hand provides a completely new opportunity to come from behind and take the lead. Even if players are behind, they can win if the probabilities and their skills come together.

  • Ages 12 & up
  • 2-10 Players
  • 8 rounds of 8 cards
  • Takes 30-45 minutes to play

 

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