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pile until two players have a card with the same symbol. The matching players race to give an example of the topic on their opponent’s card. The player with the faster response removes the top card from their opponent’s play pile, revealing a new top card, and places it in their winning pile. If the new top card matches the top card in another player's play pile, the matching players again race to give an example of the topic on their opponent's card. This continues until there are no more matches, and then players continue to flip cards from the draw pile. If a wild card with two symbols is flipped, the card is placed next to the draw pile and those two symbols are considered to match until another wild card is flipped and replaces it. The game ends when the deck runs out, and the winner is the player with the most cards in their winning pile.
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is played with a deck of cards, each with one of eight symbols and a topic, which is placed face down in the middle of the playing area, serving as a draw pile. Each player has a play pile and winning pile in front of them. Players take turns flipping the top card from the draw pile on to their play
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designed by Andrew Innes and first published by Anomia Press in 2009. It is a fast-paced game where players flip cards until the symbols on two players’ cards match. Matching players then race to give an example of the category on their opponent’s card. Following its release, multiple editions have
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In May 2009, Innes started his game publishing company, Anomia Press, and raised money for the first printing by asking friends, family, acquaintances to pre-purchase copies of the game. The game was officially published later that year. Anomia Press released multiple expansions of
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Best Toy For Kids award. This resulted in placement in over 300 stores throughout the United States and over 20,000 units sold that year. In 2011, the game was given a "Seal of
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in their list of the "11 Best Board Games 2023", with James Austin describing the game as "a fantastic time of chaotic yelling" and praising it for its fast pace and replayability. Writing for
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In 2005, Innes made a prototype of a card game with an expanded set of categories, which he play-tested with more than 200 people over the course of four years. Innes first picked the name "
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