The clue you give cannot be a primary or ordinary colour word (yellow, blue, red, orange), but it can be a shade (violet, fuchsia, magnolia). It also cannot be an object present in the room you are playing. A rule of thumb is to think it needs to be something that can be misinterpreted or, at least interpreted, differently by the group. After all of the markers have been placed, the scoring rig descends from the heavens, centered around the color that was initially chosen. Players score based on how close they were to guessing the exact color, and the Cue-giver scores based on how many people were centered around their color. Overall, we think Hues and Cues is a middle of the road but ultimately enjoyable party game. If you are searching for an activity to fit your non-gaming friends who prefer to chill and converse over a game, Hues and Cues is a good fit. Allowing for up to ten to play makes this a good choice for large groups, especially those with a large variety in ages amongst players.

Right. So when it came to the design of Hues and Cues, I actually had two goals in mind. First, I’d never seen a game that really implemented colour theory in a way I found fun. Second, with two teenagers in the house, I had a desire to find a game that would appeal to not only them and us, but also their grandparents. On the card there will be four different colors and coordinates. The coordinates help you find the color on the gameboard. The cue giver will choose one of the four colors that they will use for the round.No – Hues and Cues went through at least seven major iterations. It began as a card game and stayed that way for quite some time. It wasn’t until the fifth version that I added a board. That was after remembering there might be manufacturing issues trying to get card #1 to match card #150 perfectly every time. This art-based game will be equally at home in an art classroom, or any classroom. In the Art Room, it makes a great extension activity after a color mixing lesson like my Create Your Own Color Wheel or Mix 100 Colors (both available in my TPT Store). Should your piece be inside the scoring frame but is not the exact color, you will receive two points for it. 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. If you guess the exact same space as the color for the round, you receive three points for that piece.

To make the game easier for younger players, you can choose to use a variant rule. Instead of drawing a card, the players will choose any color they want from the gameboard. This allows players to choose a color that they can give better cues for. The player should write down the coordinates of the color they chose. One-Word CueYou could also challenge students to see how many different colors on the board they can create a matching cue for. Or have them come up with creative color names for as many different colors on the board as they can . A color game for FaceTime calls It can also be helpful to suggest a theme to follow, such as food or nature. The official rules say you can’t name anything in the room where you’re playing, but for kids in a classroom, this could be helpful.

Yes. It’s held in St. Charles, Missouri. And it’s pretty big… People playing, selling and testing games. And I knew a number of publisher friends would be in attendance so I went along. Amazingly, I literally had offers on the spot from multiple companies. The real catalyst came from a hobby game publisher who pulled us aside as advised that we needed to look bigger than just going with a hobby game maker, even though they were interested themselves. We left Geekway and began scheduling meetings with a handful of larger publishers at Origins. In fact, when playing with that group we don’t stop with just being the cue-giver twice. We just keep going until our lunch break is over.We really like that the scoring frame has numbers printed on the edges so you can easily remember how many points you get for being inside vs adjacent outside the walls. In general, I prefer heavier games to party games but now and then a party game comes along and hooks me. Hues and Cues did this as did Telestrations, which is also from The Op.