Quick Cups
Players
2 - 4
Weight
Light
Duration
15-15 min
Game language
Language free
Shelf category
Dexterity
Haim Shafir's most famous game design, Halli Galli, includes one of the best-known game props in existence: a bell. Players both young and old love to hit the bell after spotting a winning combination, so it's no surprise to see the bell return in yet another Shafir design: Speed Cups, a.k.a. Quick Cups. In this game, each player receives a set of five plastic cups, each a different color; a deck of 24 cards is shuffled and placed face down in the center of the table next to the bell. One player flips over the top card, which depicts colored objects – trains, birds, cups, etc. – stacked vertically or horizontally, then everyone tries to recreate this colored sequence with her own set of cups. The first player to do slams the bell, revels in the soul-brightening "ding", then (if correct), claims the card. Someone then reveals the next card, and the players start shuffling cups once again. Once all the cards have been claimed, whoever holds the most cards wins!
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Quick Cups
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Whoever's cup arrangement is correct first gets the card. If both are correct (or incorrect) at the same time, the player who rang the bell first gets the card.
Just quickly set them back up and keep playing! There's no penalty for accidental cup mishaps.
No, some cards only require using a few cups. Always pay close attention to the card before you start arranging.
No, you must use one hand only to manipulate the cups. The other hand should be free.