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Faster than Hungry Hippos? Check out these recommended dexterity board games.

If you enjoy Hungry Hungry Hippos, the fast-paced dexterity game that involves famished heads of hungry hungry hippos chomping and swallowing marbles, here are some similarly themed games that you should check out.
Dexterity board games are fun for the family, require minimal tactical thinking, involve simple rules and all you need to do is be fast and agile.
Here are our highly recommended dexterity board games to check out.

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza: On The Flip Side

Suitable for 3 – 8 players | 10 – 10 mins duration | Recommended age 8+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Card Games,Children Games,Party Game,Real-time Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No

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The social card game that’s going to turn your game night upside down is back with new characters and rules! You’ll get out of your seat laughing as you race your friends in this hand slapping, laugh-out-loud version of Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. With its crazy reversed twist, you can easily be fooled! You’ll have a blast playing this game…

An actual tongue-twister. The game combines a word relay with a matching game, and then throws in physical humor. Despite the levels, the game is still simple enough for kids to understand and cutthroat enough for adults.

A deck of cards is divided between 2-8 players, who place their individual stacks of cards face-down on the table. People take turns flipping cards face-up in the middle while uttering the words “Tacos,” “Cats,” “Goats,” “Cheese,” “Pizza” – in that order. Each player races to slap their hands down on top of all the cards if the middle card matches the word being spoken. If you are the last player, you must add the entire stack to your own deck. First to get rid of all their cards wins.

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Dragon’s Breath

Suitable for 2 – 4 players | 15 – 20 mins duration | Recommended age 5+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Children Games,Fantasy Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No
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On one of their expeditions the dragon children Mira, Feo, Luna and Diego discover an unusual sparkling treasure: a column of ice with sparkling stones frozen inside it. They want to take the treasure back to their cave. But unfortunately the column of ice is too heavy. The only thing they can do is to melt it. But breathing fire isn’t as easy as it sounds. Instead of fire they only manage hot air. Then the four of them have an idea: they’ll get their dad to help. And it works! Dad’s fire breathing starts melting the column, and little by little the sparkling stones start falling out. The dragon children quickly collect the valuable treasures, and take them back to their cave. With a little luck even dad will get a few sparkling stones! Which dragon child will collect the most sparkling stones in their cave by the end of the game?

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Ghost Blitz 2

Suitable for 2 – 8 players | 30 – 30 mins duration | Recommended age 8+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Card Games,Children Games,Party Game,Real-time Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No

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Ghost Blitz 2.0 – The new version of Ghost Blitz! Five wooden items await you: a white female ghost, a green frog, a grey bathtub, a blue hairbrush, and a red bath towel. In the deck, there are two cards, each with an object colored in the wrong way. During the game, each player is dealt a card then each grabs for the “right” object. Which one is the right one?

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Ghost Blitz

Suitable for 2 – 8 players | 15 – 25 mins duration | Recommended age 8+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Card Games,Children Games,Real-time Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No
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Balduin, the house ghost, found an old camera in the castle cellar. Immediately he photographed everything that he loves to make disappear when he is haunting  – including himself, of course. Unfortunately, the enchanted camera takes many photos in the wrong colors. Sometimes the green bottle is white, at other times it’s blue. Looking at the photos, Balduin doesn’t really remember anymore what he wanted to make disappear next. Can you help him with his haunting and quickly name the right item, or even make it disappear by yourself? If you grab the right items quickly, you have a good chance of winning… Ghost Blitz is an enticing and fast-paced 2 to 8 player game where players race to figure out which items they need to grab and snatch before their opponents can. This lightning-fast shape and colour recognition game are sure to test the reflexes of players and the first player to collect the most cards wins! One player flips the deck top card and everyone tries to figure out which item to grab and get it before anyone else. If the picture has an item that makes up the games pieces, players grab that item.

If there is no item in the game that is in the picture,  players have to quickly figure out what item is not in the picture and which colour is not in the picture. They then take the item not found in the picture.

Taking the wrong item results in a player giving one of the cards they have won to the person who took the right item. If you grab the correct item, you keep the card. The player with the most cards wins.

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UNO Stacko

Suitable for 2 – 10 players | 20 – 20 mins duration | Recommended age 8+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Party Game Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No
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Uno Stacko: A Game for All Ages

Gameplay

Uno Stacko is a game that combines elements from two classic games – Jenga and Uno. The objective of the game is simple: be the last player standing without toppling the tower! But don’t let the simplicity fool you – this game requires strategy and skill to win.

The game starts with a tower of 54 blocks, each featuring different colors and numbers. Players take turns pulling out blocks from the lower levels of the tower and placing them on top, just like in Jenga. But here’s the twist – each block also has an action associated with it, just like in Uno. These actions range from skipping a turn to reversing the direction of play, making the game unpredictable and keeping everyone on their toes.

Game Mechanics

Players take turns removing blocks and placing them on top. But there are some additional rules:

  • Only one hand can be used to remove a block.
  • The removed block must be placed on top of the tower.
  • If a player successfully removes and places a block without causing the tower to topple, they may choose another player to perform the action associated with that block.

If a player causes the tower to topple, they lose the game. But don’t worry, even if you lose, you’ll have plenty of laughs and fun along the way.

Suitable for Everyone

Uno Stacko is a game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. From young children to adults, everyone can join in on the fun. It’s also great for parties and gatherings, as it allows for multiple players to participate. And with its simple rules and quick gameplay, it’s easy for anyone to learn and play.

What Makes it Fun

What sets Uno Stacko apart from other games is the element of surprise. With each turn, players never know what action they might have to perform or who they might have to choose. This keeps the game exciting and engaging. In addition, the tension and anticipation as the tower gets taller and more unstable adds to the overall thrill of the game.

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Flick ’em Up!

Suitable for 2 – 10 players | 30 – 45 mins duration | Recommended age 7+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,American West,Fighting Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No
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With this game Flick ‘em Up!, you will find yourself in a rugged, ruthless town of the wild west, thanks to its immersive scenarios and exceptional components. Pick up your Colt and take cover. You’re a fool if you expect mercy from your enemies. Whether you choose to terrorize the countryside with the likes of the Cooper Clan or stand by the Sheriff as he enforces the law and defends the innocent. You won’t soon forget this exciting journey through the wild west!

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Throw Throw Burrito

Suitable for 2 – 6 players | 15 – 15 mins duration | Recommended age 7+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Card Games,Party Game Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No

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World’s First Dodgeball Card Game – Collect matching sets of cards faster than your opponents while ducking, dodging, and throwing airborne burritos.

It’s the simplest and easiest party game you’ve ever played – clear some room and put away the antiques! When you collect cards, you earn points, but when you get hit by squishy burritos, you lose points.

It’s adorable. Exploding Kittens was my favorite game, but this one takes it to another level. I love throwing squishy burritos with my friends. It’s so fun, fast and addictive and you always want to get the set of Burrito War Cards. You’ll love it.

It’s also fun to play the game with two people. I suggest you make separate forts to run before you play otherwise the game’s over pretty quickly.

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Jenga: Godzilla Extreme Edition

Suitable for 1 – 8 players | 10 – 30 mins duration | Recommended age 6+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity Solo game mode: Yes Co-op: No Online Version: No

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JENGA: Godzilla
GODZILLA is back on the rampage! The titan of terror is trying to bring your tower down with a heat ray in JENGA: GODZILLA Extreme Edition. Custom game play allows players to remove and replace blocks as needed to keep the tower standing. With every step, GODZILLA threatens to destroy the tower!

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Connect 4: Shots

Suitable for 2 – 2 players | – mins duration | Recommended age 8+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Children Games,Real-time Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No

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Bounce them for the win! In Connect 4 Shots, you race against the clock to get four shots in a row! Start with 1-2-3&bounce! The lightweight, colorful balls are bounced by two players simultaneously. Before the balls go in, they must hit the table. Players must bounce balls until they get four in a row of their color.

Connect 4 Shots combines the gameplay of Connect 4 with fast-paced, competitive action. Each player races to get 4 balls of their colour in a row. Keeping ball bounces in the grid at rapid-fire speed makes it super exciting.

Totally fun game, but you might have to set up couch cushions around it so you don’t spend all your time chasing balls.

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Jenga

Suitable for 1 – 8 players | 20 – 20 mins duration | Recommended age 6+ | Game complexity: LOW Genre: Action/Dexterity,Party Game Solo game mode: Yes Co-op: No Online Version: No

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A tower building game.

Jenga is played with 54 wooden blocks; each block is 3 times as long as it is wide, and slightly smaller in height than in width. The blocks are stacked in a tower formation; each story is three blocks placed adjacent to each other along their long side, and each story is placed perpendicular to the previous (so, for example, if the blocks in the first story are pointing north-south, the second story blocks will point east-west). There are therefore 18 stories to the Jenga tower. Since stacking the blocks neatly can be tedious, a plastic loading tray is included.

Once the tower is built, the person who built the tower moves first. Moving in Jenga consists of taking one and only one block from any story except the completed top story of the tower at the time of the turn, and placing it on the topmost story in order to complete it. Only one hand at a time may be used to remove a block; both hands can be used, but only one hand may be on the tower at a time. Blocks may be bumped to find a loose block that will not disturb the rest of the tower. Any block that is moved out of place may be left out of place if it is determined that it will knock the tower over if it is removed. The turn ends when the next person to move touches the tower, although he or she can wait 10 seconds before moving for the previous turn to end if they believe the tower will fall in that time.

The game ends when the tower falls in any significant way — in other words, any piece falls from the tower, other than the piece being knocked out to move to the top. The loser is the person who made the tower fall (i.e. whose turn it was when the tower fell); the winner is the person who moved before the loser.

The same game concept was published in 1984 by Fagus under the name “Hoppla – eins zuviel!”

According to the designer, the game was developed from Takoradi blocks/bricks. “Jenga” is Swahili for “build”.

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Dixit

Suitable for 2 – 4 players | 15 – 15 mins duration | Recommended age 5+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Children Games,Dice Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No
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Introduction to Dixit: A Game of Imagination and Creativity

Are you bored of playing the same repetitive board games with your loved ones? Do you wish to explore something that will ignite your creativity and stimulate your imagination? Then look no further, Dixit is the perfect game for you!

Dixit is a unique board game that combines storytelling, art, and strategy. Created by Jean-Louis Roubira in 2008, it has won multiple awards including the Spiel des Jahres.

Let’s explore Dixit’s gameplay, mechanics, target audience, and why it’s a must-have for game night!

Gameplay: How to Play Dixit

Dixit is a game for 3-6 players. It requires imagination and wit to give creative clues, leading opponents to guess the correct card in your hand.

Players receive numbered cards with imaginative images and take turns being the storyteller, giving a clue related to their chosen card.

Players choose a card that matches the clue, submit it, and the storyteller shuffles them all. The players must then guess which card belongs to the storyteller based on their clue and the cards’ images.

Points are awarded based on how many players guessed correctly, with bonus points for tricking other players or having your card chosen instead. The first player to reach 30 points wins the game.

Game Mechanics: Simple Yet Strategic

What sets Dixit apart from other party games is its unique and intuitive game mechanics. The game requires no complicated rules or strategy, making it easy for anyone to pick up and play.

In Dixit, players must use strategic thinking and imagination to create clues that are neither too obvious nor too obscure. They should also pay attention to other players’ clues and cards to make informed guesses.

Dixit’s scoring system creates strategic gameplay, requiring players to outsmart their opponents. This results in unique games that keep players engaged until the end.

Suitable for All Ages: Why Everyone Will Love Dixit

One of the greatest things about Dixit is that it is suitable for players of all ages

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Chairs

Suitable for 1 – 99 players | 20 – 20 mins duration | Recommended age 5+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Children Games Solo game mode: Yes Co-op: No Online Version: No

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Stack chairs with your friends or family in this thrilling stacking game. Everyone can enjoy Chairs! You just need a steady hand and creative thinking! As the tower grows, tension mounts as each player adds a chair to the stack…chair upon chair…chair upon chair!

Make sure the CHAIRS don’t fall over. All chairs that fall on your turn must be taken. If you remove all your chairs first, you win. Stacking chairs can be harder than it looks, but with so many ways to do it… no two games are alike!

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Bop It!

Suitable for 1 – 99 players | 5 – 10 mins duration | Recommended age 8+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Electronic Solo game mode: Yes Co-op: No Online Version: No
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Follow the directions in the game and twist, bop, and pull! If you play Bop It! alone or with friends, you’ll never get bored.The kids really enjoy playing with it because it’s so different from the video games they are used to playing. 

It brings joy and fellowship to my friends and me (all seniors)…and sharpens our reflexes and memory at the same time.

 

 

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Pie Face

Suitable for 2 – 4 players | 15 – 15 mins duration | Recommended age 5+ | Game complexity: EASY Genre: Action/Dexterity,Humour Solo game mode: No Co-op: No Online Version: No

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This hilarious Pie Face game is full of fun and suspense! Using whipped cream (not included) or the included sponge, players load the arm with whipped cream and spin the spinner. Be careful! Anyone could get a faceful of whipped cream at any time!

 

 

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