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What hue do you think of when we say “apple”? Hues and Cues is a vibrant game of colorful communication where players are challenged to make connections to colors with words. Using only one and two-word cues, players try to get others to guess a specific hue from the 480 colors on the game board. The closer the guesses are to the target, the more points you earn. Since everyone imagines colors differently, connecting colors and clues has never been this much fun!
Gather around with three to ten people to play a quick and simple game with a prism of possibilities! First, a “cue giver” hides a specific color they’ve chosen out of a deck of cards. There are 480 shades on the board in front of you! After getting one- and two-word cues, everyone places their marker on which color they think is being described. “Coffee.” Is it dark brown, as in freshly brewed? “Au lait.” With milk. That means I should pick a lighter shade!
Use examples from everyday life, from nature to pop culture, or materials and moods. Everyone around the table gets a turn to give cues and guess. The better your hints or guesses, the more points you earn. Play off others’ experiences to narrow down what they have in mind!
—description from the publisher
Ages | 8+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
Play Time | 30m |
Designer | Scott Brady |
Mechanics | Targeted Clues |
Theme | Party Game |
Publisher | The OP |
bnordeng
A party game with super simple rules where a player gives a one word clue to get people to guess the right color. The challenge is that there are 480 colors in the game so it can be hard to pinpoint the exact one. All other players make a guess at a time and then the clue giver (called the "cue-giver") can provide a 2 word clue so everyone can make another guess. Cue-giver gets a point per guess that is exactly right or one space away. Guessers get 3 points for an exactly right guess, 2 points for one space away and 1 point for two spaces away. It works well as a light party game.
BigD527
More fun than it appeared it would be, but printing problems mar this one. The fact that the cards and the board don't show the same shades for the same squares (or at least you're subject to an optical illusion when you do) is really not great. Also obviously a color-blind person's worst nightmare.
Aazon23
Hues and Cues is a fun party game for up to ten people that is a quick teach and encourages creative thinking. It's problem for me is that sometimes people aren't able to think of very creative clues and either give bad hints or start repeating past clues or mentioning things in the room. Also the colors on the cards don't seem to perfectly match the colors on the board, which is often an issue. I like having this one in my collection, but there are other party games in my collection for up to ten players I would rather play first, like Werewords, That's What She Said, and Wavelength.