Players: Two or more
Playing Time: A
few minutes
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve always been a huge fan
of .nightsandweekends.com/articles/02/NW0200025.php>UNO. It’s an
easy game to play, and it doesn’t take a lot of concentration. And since it’s so
portable, I often toss a deck of UNO cards in my bag—so I can pull them out and play a
hand if I’ve got a few minutes to spare.
Now the makers of Cranium have created their
alternative to UNO. Cranium Zigity is just as quick, just as easy, and just as portable
as my old standby.
To begin, players are dealt seven cards—and they race
to be the first to get rid of them all. To do so, they take turns matching pictures,
adding, spelling, and completing puzzles—or, if they can’t complete a task, they can
throw in a Free card or another card (like Draw cards that force other players to draw
cards or Bounce cards that reverse play) to avoid drawing more
cards.
Zigity is currently available exclusively at Starbucks—which makes
perfect sense to me. It’s a great game to play over a Frappuccino. It’s not
time-consuming. It’s not complicated. It’s not even super-competitive. It’s just a
fun, casual game to play while hanging out with your friends or family—and it’s sure to
bring out a few giggles at the same time. Play it around the table with the family, or
toss it in your bag and take it with you wherever you go.
One word of
warning: Cranium Zigity comes with really cool clear cards—but the cards tend to slide
around a lot. If you’re playing on the go (in a plane, for instance), I recommend
keeping the cards in the tin and placing the discard pile in the top of the tin—to keep
you from losing your cards.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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