For example, you could post the cues: spinach, daffodil, eraser, and dolphin. Then students would choose the colors on the gameboard they think best match your cues and write down their coordinates. Later, you could reveal the colors that inspired your cues, and enjoy a lively discussion about color perception and creative naming. Yes. Because of my experience with colour theory, I knew everyone could describe colours using their own recollections – whether it’s comparing it to food items, their first car or their favourite Pokemon. That became the starting point.

The Cue-Giver can then give a second clue (two-words this time). This gives everyone another chance to place a second pawn. (They can opt not to do this, if they think it isn’t beneficial to them!) Then the Cue-Giver places a 3x3 ‘fence’ over the coordinate of their colour. Every pawn inside this fence scores the Cue-Giver 1 point each. Any pawn on the exact square scores that player 3 points. Any pawn elsewhere within the fence scores 2 points. Any pawns on the immediate outside edge of the fence scores 1 point. Then the board resets, and the next player becomes the Cue-Giver… Once everyone has placed their first pawn, the first player then optionally gives a second clue, which now can be up to two words. Then everyone places their second pawn based on the second clue. Once everyone has placed their second pawn everyone scores points. The cue giver reveals the color to the other players by announcing its coordinate letter and number. They will then place the scoring frame on the gameboard. You should place the scoring frame so the color for the round is in the center of the square.

How does Hues and Cues score on our “Let’s Play Again” game meter?

Dicebreaker is owned by Gamer Network Limited, a ReedPop company and subsidiary of Reed Exhibitions Limited. Hopefully our experience with the game, and this review, will help you judge if Hues and Cues might be a game your family and friends would enjoy playing. But then I drew my first card, chose a color I thought would work well, and then looked at the board and my mind went haywire. To award points, you’ll place the cardboard square centered over the color square you chose. If a player correctly guessed that square, they get three points, any players with pawns inside the cardboard square receives 2 points and pawns just outside the cardboard square earn 1 point. As the clue giver you also receive points if players were able to identify or get close to the square’s location. That said, there are a lot of similar shades on this board. To be exact—480 different colored squares. Trying to tell minty green from slightly minty-er green is pretty difficult. Of course, the scoring frame means you’ll get points for being just in the neighborhood, but it can feel a little bit like shooting in the dark. Of course, that’s also what makes the game rewarding when you come up with a clue that just nails it for everyone. Final Thoughts:

Our “let’s play again” game meter gets mixed results with Hues and Cues. Mom has been more on the side of “this is way to hard to come up with cues” whereas those at work are in the camp of “wish we could play it every day”.

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Should your piece be inside the scoring frame but is not the exact color, you will receive two points for it. Each of the player markers is a little, conical piece that resembles the tip of a fresh crayon. Absolutely brilliant. In a game about colors, it’s a perfect decision.

Hues and Cues is the type of party game that we play more like an activity than a game. For us, the points don’t really matter, we’ll play it until we’re board Even aside from any fine art application, it’s eye-opening for kids to see how others can view colors so differently than they do. It encourages creativity both in how they see the world and how they communicate with others.

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Once the cue is given, players take turns to guess the correct hues with their markers. Once all players have a guessed, another two-word hint is given and players get another opportunity to pinpoint the specific shade. For this second clue, we banned the use of words like light, dark and pale after someone followed the clue ‘poo’ with ‘darker poo’. You might also consider allowing two-word clues right from the start, or even allowing a longer description. Again, it’s really up to you and what will make it the most fun for whoever is playing. It really is okay to adapt the rules when you need to… after all, it’s just a game! Some things to consider