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2016 Ranked #20,336

Smiley Games

This collection of smiley-card games has players use memory, reflexes, observation, and matching to win cards or empty their hand first. Each mode changes the response, from pointing and shouting to a domino-style race.

Card Game Children's Game Pattern Recognition Hand Management

Players

2-10

Play time

15-30 min

Age

5+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.22

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.9/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Smiley Games uses six different smiley cards (happy, angry, wink, sad, surprised, in love) in six different colors (orange, blue, yellow, green, violet, red) — along with special dice — for five different games that stimulate memory, reflexes and visual perception, while also requiring strategy, observation and concentration. GAME 1: Find it!

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Smiley Games uses six different smiley cards (happy, angry, wink, sad, surprised, in love) in six different colors (orange, blue, yellow, green, violet, red) — along with special dice — for five different games that stimulate memory, reflexes and visual perception, while also requiring strategy, observation and concentration. GAME 1: Find it! Be the first player to reach the target number of cards by pointing the right card the fastest. GAME 2: That's mine! Win the highest number of cards by putting your hand first on a matching card. GAME 3: Shout! Win the highest number of cards by shouting the name of the player who has a card matching an element of your own card. GAME 4: Domino. Be the first player to run out of cards by playing a variant of the game Domino. GAME 5: The last one! Be the first player to run out of cards by discarding matching color or facial expression smileys. Play and smile!

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Play and group

Players
2–10
Best with
2
Play time
15–30 min
Age
5+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Emanuele Pessi

Publishers

3
CreativaMente FoxMind Game Factory

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