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Quick Cups

Players

2-4

Time

?-?

Age

6+

Weight

1.04

Rating

6.21

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.4

Low interaction

Scaling 4.4

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.7

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate interaction

Replay value

Quick Cups has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their tactics over time. The player interaction score is average. Quick Cups scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The game is relatively easy to learn, providing a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Quick Cups has a strong replayability score of 8.0.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Quick Cups is 5.33, indicating a balanced mix of luck and strategy. The game outcome is influenced by both random elements and player decisions. While random elements like card draws play a notable role, players have substantial ability to mitigate luck through strategic decisions and planning. Quick Cups is not heavily dependent on luck, but it does require a combination of luck and strategy to succeed.

Overview

Haim Shafir's most famous game design, Halli Galli, includes one of the best-known game props in existence: a bell. Players both young and old love to hit the bell after spotting a winning combination, so it's no surprise to see the bell return in yet another Shafir design: Speed Cups, a.k.a. Quick Cups. In this game, each player receives a set of five plastic cups, each a different color; a deck of 24 cards is shuffled and placed face down in the center of the table next to the bell. One player flips over the top card, which depicts colored objects – trains, birds, cups, etc. – stacked vertically or horizontally, then everyone tries to recreate this colored sequence with her own set of cups. The first player to do slams the bell, revels in the soul-brightening "ding", then (if correct), claims the card. Someone then reveals the next card, and the players start shuffling cups once again. Once all the cards have been claimed, whoever holds the most cards wins!

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Credits

Designers

1
Haim Shafir

Artists

3
Haim Shafir Yaniv Shimoni Barbara Spelger

Publishers

2
AMIGO Shafir Games (??????? ?? ???? ????)

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