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November 28, 2005
-- Game review --
Points here for poor vision
By Katie Haire
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As
soon as you see Squint's bright green and blue color scheme, you can almost tell
that it is a game for people with an artist's eye.
Squint,
like most great games, has a simple concept. The object is to build various
nouns (which are on bright green cards) using tiny white cards with simple
lines and shapes on them. There are different difficulties of play, for beginners
and for more advanced players. Some easy examples of things to build are a
porch, a plus sign, or a plant. More difficult ones include an ambulance,
berries or a bride.
When
someone playing the game correctly guesses the object that is being built before
the timer runs out, both the builder and the guesser get from one to three
scoring chips, depending on difficulty. At the end of the game, whoever holds the most little lime-green chips
is the winner.
The
game is fun, and great for ages 12 to adult. Although the box says from three to
eight players,
there isn't any reason why more couldn't play.
Artists
squint their eyes for many things while creating a drawing or a painting. When
they do this, they are checking for good overall shape and shading. It helps to
pull a picture all together, and to see if it really does look okay.
Using
this logic in Squint, it seemed to work pretty well. By actually squinting your
eyes, you can see the shapes that people are trying to create a little better.
It may even help for the builder to squint his or her eyes to tell if their
object is coming out the way that they envision it to be.
There
are three fun ways to play Squint, including an easy level (light Squint), a hard
level (Squint Challenge) or Progressive
Squint, where players try to make as many shapes as possible within the given
time.
It
doesn't take long to play Squint. The fewer people you
have, the more rounds you play. The more people you have, the less rounds you
play, as specified by the directions. The player who holds the most chips at the
end wins.
Even if you aren't the artistic type, Squint is still a good game to play. It sparks conversation, arguments, and a good time for all players, regardless of if you win or not.
Try Squint out. You may find yourself making objects out of lines more often than you ever thought possible.
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