01-013 Hi Lo Flip

01-013
Hi Lo Flip

If Mattel is making the BOLD too small, then Gamewright is making their Hi Lo Flip too big!

Hi Lo Flip

First, the box is unnecessarily big. There are only 100 cards in the game, plus a chip and instruction leaflet. These can perfectly fit into a UNO size box. I bought this game from Amazon and have no idea how big the box is by just looking into the photos. It really surprised me when I opened the parcel.

What a big box!

Also, the cards are too big either. Cards are in poker size which is not convenient to hold a large number of cards on hand. They should adapt the more common US game card size or bridge size.

Cards are beautiful, though.

The cards and the instruction booklet are nicely made, however. The cards and the chip are plastic, thus very durable. Cards are colourful but the colours have no meanings in the game play. They are just design.

Hi-Lo Flip is a shedding game. Any player managed to first get rid of all has hand cards ends the round. Collected cards are counted towards their points. Game ends when any one player reached 75 points. Player with the highest points wins. 

I bought this game because of its high rating and also because I wanted to acquire something America but Mattel into my collection. But my kids and I do not like this game. We just played it once or twice then we put it aside. And it takes up quite some space on my bookshelf.

General Information

Player	2 to 6
Playing Time	20 min
Age	8+
Year Released	2020
Designer	Garrett J. Donner, Michael S. Steer
Publisher	Gamewright
Family	Hand Management, Shedding / Stops
Score	6.4 (Board Game Geek)

Specifications

Due to copyright issue, I cannot show you the full deck here.

Card size	Poker size (63mm x 88mm, 2.5" x 3.5")
Deck size	100 cards + 1 chip
# of suits	n/a
Details	There is no suit. Cards are all number cards, ranging from 1 to 100. There are no face card, no wild card and no special card. Cards are colourful but colour has no function in the game play.

The game play

Where to buy?

Amazon.

Hacking

You can play this game with a deck of "6 nimmt!". Just remove cards number 101 to 104 and ignore the bull heads. Use a coin to replace the Hi-Lo chip.

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