Point Salad
Point SaladOne of the 'holy grails' of board games is games with easy and quick to learn rules with a surprising depth of gameplay. If the game can play in less than an hour that's a bonus too. Point Salad is a game that scores big on all these fronts. Point Salad comes with a single deck of cards. On the 'front' of the cards is a vegetable and on the 'back' is a unique scoring condition. Cards are shuffled and dealt into three draw piles. Two cards are then place face up under each of these draw piles. On your turn you will pick two face up vegetable cards or one of the scoring cards on the top of the decks. This is a fine balancing act because often point cards will give positive points for some veg and negative for other. Once a turn you may also flip over an acquired point card to it's veggie side, but not the other way around. There is a graphic indication that tells you what veggie is on the other side of the card.When all the cards are gone you score. The game is incredibly fun to play and what you think will be a case of selecting the most obvious cards becomes a battle of tactics and meanness. Do you take cards that will benefit others, hoping they will help you later. Do you broadcast your plans with a big scoring card and try to fulfil it? Point Salad is a genius design at home on the tables of families and gamers. It's simple rule set, good looks and engaging gameplay make it a winner every time. Look out for Calico and Dollars for Donuts from the same designers soon! Player count:Â 2-6Time:Â 15-30Â minutesAge rating:Â 8+
Point SaladOne of the 'holy grails' of board games is games with easy and quick to learn rules with a surprising depth of gameplay. If the game can play in less than an hour that's a bonus too. Point Salad is a game that scores big on all these fronts. Point Salad comes with a single deck of cards. On the 'front' of the cards is a vegetable and on the 'back' is a unique scoring condition. Cards are shuffled and dealt into three draw piles. Two cards are then place face up under each of these draw piles. On your turn you will pick two face up vegetable cards or one of the scoring cards on the top of the decks. This is a fine balancing act because often point cards will give positive points for some veg and negative for other. Once a turn you may also flip over an acquired point card to it's veggie side, but not the other way around. There is a graphic indication that tells you what veggie is on the other side of the card.When all the cards are gone you score. The game is incredibly fun to play and what you think will be a case of selecting the most obvious cards becomes a battle of tactics and meanness. Do you take cards that will benefit others, hoping they will help you later. Do you broadcast your plans with a big scoring card and try to fulfil it? Point Salad is a genius design at home on the tables of families and gamers. It's simple rule set, good looks and engaging gameplay make it a winner every time. Look out for Calico and Dollars for Donuts from the same designers soon! Player count:Â 2-6Time:Â 15-30Â minutesAge rating:Â 8+
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Point SaladOne of the 'holy grails' of board games is games with easy and quick to learn rules with a surprising depth of gameplay. If the game can play in less than an hour that's a bonus too. Point Salad is a game that scores big on all these fronts. Point Salad comes with a single deck of cards. On the 'front' of the cards is a vegetable and on the 'back' is a unique scoring condition. Cards are shuffled and dealt into three draw piles. Two cards are then place face up under each of these draw piles. On your turn you will pick two face up vegetable cards or one of the scoring cards on the top of the decks. This is a fine balancing act because often point cards will give positive points for some veg and negative for other. Once a turn you may also flip over an acquired point card to it's veggie side, but not the other way around. There is a graphic indication that tells you what veggie is on the other side of the card.When all the cards are gone you score. The game is incredibly fun to play and what you think will be a case of selecting the most obvious cards becomes a battle of tactics and meanness. Do you take cards that will benefit others, hoping they will help you later. Do you broadcast your plans with a big scoring card and try to fulfil it? Point Salad is a genius design at home on the tables of families and gamers. It's simple rule set, good looks and engaging gameplay make it a winner every time. Look out for Calico and Dollars for Donuts from the same designers soon! Player count:Â 2-6Time:Â 15-30Â minutesAge rating:Â 8+
