Cost: $10.00
Age Range: 4 and up
Number of Players: 2
When we went to visit my mother this summer she had just bought the game Blink for the grandkids to play. She bought it after seeing how much her sister’s grandkids enjoyed the game. My children enjoyed it just as much. My kids had so much fun trying to beat Grandma. Even though the box says it is for children ages seven and up, my six year old was really good at it. And my four-year-old could play it at a slower pace too.
There are four colors of cards with different amounts and types of shapes on the cards. Each player starts with half of the cards in a pile in front of them and two cards lying face up in the middle. Then each player picks up three cards to hold in their hand. Players try to get rid of the cards in their hand by matching either the shape, color, or number of shapes to the top card in the piles. The game goes quick because if any part of the card matches one in the pile you can lay it down.
The object of the game is to get rid of your cards as fast as you can. If younger children are playing the pace of the game will need to be slowed down so they have time to match the cards. Younger children usually rely on the shapes and colors since counting the shapes is more difficult. But the game is still fun for them as well.
This game is just for two players. But if you have children close in age this is a game they would enjoy playing with each other. My sister and I, 18 months apart, spent hours playing two-person card games and we would have loved this game.