Hues and Cues exists firmly in the same world as a game like Dixit. It’s easy to jump in and play. It’s also easy to learn and accommodates a huge number of players. But for me, Dixit requires more of a storytelling brain. You have to interpret a picture and you can choose to give a short clue but you can open it up to a whole paragraph if you want. There are lots of different shades of all varieties to try to differentiate between. You may use more abstract color names for your cue though. This includes colors such as lavender. For this round the cue giver choose color 0 26. For their one word clue they gave the clue “turquoise”.

Once the cue is given, players take turns to guess the correct hues with their markers. Once all players have a guessed, another two-word hint is given and players get another opportunity to pinpoint the specific shade. For this second clue, we banned the use of words like light, dark and pale after someone followed the clue ‘poo’ with ‘darker poo’. You won’t want to play Hues and Cues under dim lighting conditions, because you’ll experience some eye strain. The colors on the game board are presented in gradient fashion, meaning that colors are next to other, similar colors. The longer you play, the more those colors can blend together, making if difficult to see the differences between them. Surprisingly, the colors on the cards don’t always perfectly match the colors on the game board. For a game where the whole point is to match colors, this seems like a big miss. I’m hoping for better quality control in their next printing. But it’s just a game, so I try to not take it too seriously and just focus on what it does well! Yes. Because of my experience with colour theory, I knew everyone could describe colours using their own recollections – whether it’s comparing it to food items, their first car or their favourite Pokemon. That became the starting point. Overall, this visually appealing color game would make a great addition to any game collection or a fun gift for almost anyone. Hues and Cues will help both kids and adults become more aware of the colors all around them, and mindful of the subtle differences between similar colors.

Can the whole family enjoy Hues and Cues?

This is because the Cue-giver gets a point for every marker within the interior boundaries of the scoring rig. This is a maximum of nine points. If the maximum number of points a guesser can get is 3 points with a single marker, initiating the scoring after a single cue can limit the points gained by the other players. Yes, that worked for me. My ideas for the game came to me at the oddest times. In the shower or during twilight sleep while trying to wake up in the morning. For every hour I spent actively working on the game itself, I easily had it in my head four times as much just thinking through different aspects and possibilities.

The objective of Hues and Cues is to score more points than the other players by giving good color cues, and figuring out the other players’ cues. Setup for Hues and Cues While fun I do have to say the game isn’t nearly as easy to play as I was expecting it to be. The basic concept is simple enough to grasp but coming up with good cues is surprisingly difficult. While coming up with something that fits a colour isn’t hard, trying to think of something that is uniquely that colour can prove to be much harder than you would expect. Once we came to a publishing agreement, the development was almost seamless. I’d originally named the game something else, so they came up with the brand Hues and Cues. The game relies heavily on the design of the board, so they were able to use what I provided as-is. On their end, all they needed to do was talk about components, discuss manufacturing issues and design the box and rulebook. There was very little additional development to the game itself. After this second pass, the cue-giver places the scoring frame on the board so that the target color is in the center of the scoring frame and players score points. An exact guess is 3 points!Using the Cue as their guide, the other players will place their markers on the color square they believe the Cue-giver is describing. After everyone has placed a marker, the Cue-giver can opt to give a second cue, up to two words. If they do, every player gets to place another marker on a new square. Great stuff. We need to wrap this up now, Scott… Like the rest of the year, the time’s flown by! Just two more thoughts: first, if I wanted to get an interesting answer from you – one nobody else is likely to get – what question would I have to ask?

Hues And Cues is a party game by The Op. This is a game all about different colours – it’s like looking through a range of named paints! It’s a competitive game, where everyone’s playing against one another, trying to score the most points. But you need to help your opponents out sometimes. You’ll give out clever clues and word associations, that help both you and them!Overall despite a few minor quibbles Hues and Cues has proven to be a great game for our game groups. I’m personally not a big fan of party games and due to that I don’t own a lot of them, but I’m happy to add Hues and Cues to that small collection.