Read Time:1 Minute, 45 Second
Players: 3-10
Playing time: about 15-20
minutes, though it depends on the number of players
This
hand-swapping, deck-slapping, fast-moving game is easy enough for just about anyone to
play—with basic rules that slightly resemble those of more low-key family-favorite card
games like UNO.
But Swap! adds a few twists to the same old card game to add a little extra
excitement—and a lot more laughs.
Each player begins with ten cards.
Players then take turns laying cards on the discard pile—playing either a card that’s the
same color as the card on the top of the pile or a Swap card. A Swap card can be played
at any time, on any color—and when you play it, you choose another player to swap hands
with you. Other special cards include the Switch Color card (if you play it, you get to
choose the new color), the Super Swap card (if it’s played, all players swap hands), and
the Slap card. When you play a Slap card, all the other players have to quickly slap the
discard pile—and the last one to do so must take a card from your hand.
If
you’re the first player to get rid of all your cards, you win—but that’s not always as
easy as it may seem. Just when you think you’re about to win, that’s when the Swap cards
come out—and you suddenly go from having two cards in your hand to having ten.
While the box says that Swap! is recommended for two to ten players, I
wouldn’t recommend it as a two-player game. The more players you have, the more exciting
the game gets—and the more options you have for swapping cards.
Swap! is
a great game for family game night. It’s easy to learn and easy to play, and it doesn’t
require a lot of time to play—but the fast pace and the constant hand-swapping and
table-slapping will have everyone giggling in no time.
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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