UFO Throw

The game itself, throwing circular cards into a cardboard cup, is silly fun. It's a good quick game to play with children, non-gaming family, or inebriated folks. It's an amusing challenge. I like that you can make the game as short or as long as you like by playing more or less rounds. The theme is neutral. It neither adds nor detracts from the game. That is where the positives end. You have to assemble the cups yourself, and it is not easy. It took me a solid 40 minutes to get them put together properly and I am very crafty. The stickers were the wrong size for the cups and the bottoms were also ever so slightly too large, making them very difficult to put together. The rules arrived crumpled and jammed in the box, and it's hard to get everything back in the box properly when you are done playing the game. It's a rare case when a circular box would have been better. In fact I wish they'd have used a circular box and had the two halves of the box act as the cups. The mind control cards are also clunky to implement. They interrupt game flow, and while I like the concept of their effects often they either don't work or don't apply to the ships on the table. The rules are also poorly written with very confusing wording. So, in general a fun game, but it suffers from poor construction, poor communication of concept and lack of polish.

UFO Throw is a game for 2 or 4 players (you need even numbers). It's of good quality with a sturdy cardboard box that should survive the family games cupboard for many years! The games comprises two cardboard pots (fields) and two decks of circular cards (flying saucers). Placing the two pots between the two teams (with your pot the other side of your opponents pot), player begin to toss their cards to try and get them into the pots (i.e. getting a UFO to land in their field). If you get a card in your pot you get a point and you lose a point if you land a UFO in your opponent's pot. After playing a few rounds, (best of five for example), you can see which team has won. It's a simple game and quite fun. It's easy to take on a holiday with the family but it's ability to hold attention is limited.

So this is a fun game, a UFO theme version of basic card throw. The cards are 'flying saucers and you have to land them on a 'planet'. Fun for a short while then you realise that (a) it really shouldn't cost much at all for what it is and (b) it won't last long being thrown around!

Good fun, simple to play, and enjoyable. Four stars.

I got this as a stocking filler for my daughter and she played it on Xmas day but hasn’t been interested since, it’s just a lot of trying to throw cards into holes really. Ok as a stocking filler.

This is a very simple, fast game. You throw your UFOs trying to get into your pot. You get a point for each UFO in your pot and -1 point for each UFO in your opponents pot. Each team is dealt 3 "mind control" cards that can be played whenever. These either help your team or hinder you opponent.We played with 2 people, but you can have as many players as you like really, as long as you have two teams. It is not turn based. You throw whenever you like. It was more fun than I thought it would be. A good little game to play before something a bit longer. Works well for both kids and adults.