USAopoly | Hues and Cues | Guessing Board Game | Ages 8+ | 3-10 Players | 30 Minutes Playing Time

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After playing this color game, you’ll probably have ideas about how to modify the rules for your own specific needs. Here are some of my suggestions you could also try. If you have a desire to have a game published, start networking now. Because we’re friends with so many publishers, doors were open for us to soft-pitch our idea. Knowing a company and their employees gives you great insight into what games they’re looking for, how well you might work with them, and their reputation in the industry. Begin by volunteering at conventions or engaging with them on social media. Most publishers are investing in the designer as much as they are the game! The strength of Hues and Cues lies in its near universal appeal. And if people can give creative cues, all the better! MOOD The Cue-giver draws a card which has four colors on it. Each of the colors corresponds to a color on the gameboard, which is essentially a gigantic grid of beautiful colors. They choose one of the colors and provide a one-word cue about that color.

Then you’ll give a one word clue that you think will help players get close to where the square is. They started placing their first cones and the questions immediately arose — the green of an avocado on the outside or on the inside once you cut it open? Should your piece be inside the scoring frame but is not the exact color, you will receive two points for it. Hues and Cues is one of those games where I can’t help but wonder what took so long? The basic concept is so simple, straight forward and elegant that it’s hard to imagine that it took this long for someone to formalize it into a game. Right. So when it came to the design of Hues and Cues, I actually had two goals in mind. First, I’d never seen a game that really implemented colour theory in a way I found fun. Second, with two teenagers in the house, I had a desire to find a game that would appeal to not only them and us, but also their grandparents.In Hues and Cues, players are trying to guess a specific colour from a grid of 480 different colours based on one word and then two word clues. Once everyone has made their guess they get points for how close their guesses are to the target colour. Dead simple. For maximum enjoyment, I’m going to go out on a limb and recommend modifying the rules a bit, though. I offer some “situation-specific” modifications below. How to modify the rules

Of course, you can’t just say “green.” First off… that is a terrible clue. There are like 20 different shades of green on the board. Also, the rules specifically disallow color words. You also can’t describe something in the room that people can see. It’s got to be more like a feeling. “Herbaceous,” maybe. Or “dusty.” While you’re playing the game, you’ll find that some people have drastically different opinions on what color something is. For example, can you remember the exact shade of the Incredible Hulk? What about the hue of Dory’s scales? This difficulty in coming up with cues can make this game take longer than expected. Some players are going to take longer to come up with cues than others. Due to this, I think it would have been useful if each colour had a sample one word cue under them on the colour cards. Players would be free to use these cues if they want but they could also just work as inspiration when choosing clues. The object of Hues and Cues is to score points by correctly guessing the color another player is describing. The cue-giver can also earn points when players correctly guess (or come close to guessing) the color they’re describing. I’m loving this, Scott! There are some great anecdotes about people having ideas in a hypnagogic or hypnopompic state – but very few in the toy-and-game industry. So to what degree do you have a specific creative process?Good guessers are rewarded, and good cue-givers are also compensated appropriately for their efforts! Staking Our C.L.A.I.M. on Hues and Cues COMPONENTS After the cue giver gives the one-word cue, all of the other players will get the opportunity to make their first guess. 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”.