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As a family we love finding new games to play – and we’re playing so many of them at the moment! Our latest find is Splash from Coiledspring Games, aimed at anyone over the age of six and up to six players it’s perfect for the whole family.
Splash comes in a cute but hard wearing metal storage tin, perfect for throwing in a suitcase to take away with you or keeping in a drawer at home. The tin contains 30 wooden pieces in different shapes and colours plus 14 water drop tokens.
The game is really simple to play. You just divide the pieces between the players, removing any spares. The first player then gives one of their pieces to the player on their left to start building a tower in the centre of the table. Play continues with each person passing a piece to the player on their left, making sure it matches either the same shape or colour as the previous piece.
The aim of the game is to get rid of all your pieces before the tower falls down. If you passed the piece to the player who caused the tower to fall you receive a water drop token and the winner is the first to get three water drops. However, you can just play individual games if you’re short of time.
We did find a couple of the instructions confusing. When the tower topples the person who made it fall takes three pieces from the ones on the table and puts the rest back in the tin. At times though, this meant we didn’t have any the right colour or shape still in play to continue the game and there was no way to swap pieces with the ones in the tin. In the end we gave out water tokens whenever the tower dropped or made the person who knocked down the tower take all the pieces, keeping play moving.
The game was fast paced and fun and different from anything we have played before. We tweaked it so it worked for our family and the concept was great fun. There was suspense, anticipation and an element of skill. A really different game that was great for different ages to play, bringing the whole family together.
Splash has an RRP of £9.99
Tracy Nixon says
I like the look os Splash!
Ursula Hunt says
I like the sound of the above game and Dog Pile, they both look fun
Ursula Hunt says
I like the sound of the above game and Dog Pile, they both look fun and great to play with my grandchildren
Solange says
I like the look of Hi Lo Flip.
Fiona jk42 says
Ice Team sounds like a fun game.
Vikki Bowker says
I love Forbidden Island but the kids are too young to join in with that just yet!
Dan says
Battle sheep looks so much fun!
Jo m welsh says
We haven’t played any of these games but there look a lot on their site so will be looking into them more and seeing what new ones there are.
Iain maciver says
love the look of splash
Katie says
I like Battle Sheep
Karen Usher says
Love the 8bit box game
Kim Neville says
I like splash
Ray Dodds says
Dog Pile
claire woods says
Battle Sheep!
Susan B says
A new brand to me but a lovely selection of products. I particularly like the Jurassic Snack and the Ice Team.
Margaret Clarkson says
Splash sounds great
Mark R says
The only one we have tried is Dog Pile
Ruth Harwood says
We love Splash xx
Angela Treadway says
ours is splash x
Michelle Smith says
Battle sheep
Annabel Greaves says
I love the sound of Ice Team
Lyndsey cooksey says
Zombie kid Evolution looks like a great game! Something I would definatly play with my neice and nephew!
Susan Smith says
Battle Sheep looks fun for the children
Sally Collingwood says
Ice Team looks like great fun!
Becky Yeomans says
Dr. Eureka sounds fun!
Christine Caple says
Zoo Run sounds good.
lynn neal says
Battle sheep sounds fun!
donna jones says
Hi Lo Flip looks good
Sheri Darby says
We love Splash
Patricia Barrett says
Battle Sheep is a lot of fun. Thanks for the competition.
Emma England says
My sons favourite game is a game called monsieur carrousel.
Carly Belsey says
Double Rumble looks really fun, My son would like this
Michaela Turner says
Ice team looks like fun
Pauline Lamont says
My nephews and nieces would love
Anthea holloway says
Dog Pile looks like fun but so does Splash!
Stef Acaster says
Battle sheep looks fun
Tracy Barber says
Battle Sheep sounds good and I think Splash looks like fun
Phil Bowell says
Hi Lo Flip
Margaret Gallagher says
Dog pile – the name itself sounds fun
Darren Bourne says
I think Splash looks like great family fun so could be a new favourite.
paula cheadle says
Battle sheep looks good fun
Jade vaccaro says
I don’t think I’ve ever played a coiled spring game but battle sheep looks fun as does this splash game!