Out of the Box Publishing, Inc. Super Circles - The Radical Ring Race

by Out of the Box Publishing, Inc.

Product Features

• Ages 8 to adult
• 2-4 players
• 3 minutes to learn
• Plays in less than 5 minutes
• Great family or classroom game

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0023NVPZ6
• Item model number: 1238
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,851 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

4…3…2…1…Blast off. Players race to play all their cards by matching colored rings on the previously played card. Quick minds and fast fingers will triumph.

Product Description

4…3…2…1…Blast off. Players race to play all their cards by matching colored rings on the previously played card. Quick minds and fast fingers will triumph.

 

• 2-4 players.

• 3 minutes to learn.

• Plays in less than 5 minutes.

• Great family or classroom game.

 

• Product Measures: 6.0 IN x 5.0 IN x 2.0 IN.

• Recommended Ages: 8 & Up.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Circles - a super card game for the whole family, December 8, 2009

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Bernard Dekoven "Major Fun" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Out of the Box Publishing, Inc. Super Circles - The Radical Ring Race (Toy)

Super Circles is another easy-to-learn, quick (and I mean quick) card game from Out of the Box (in this instance, a lovely metal box) that will challenge the speed, spatial and color perception skills of 2 to 4 players, pretty much extremely.

Each of the 73 cards shows 4 concentric rings, each of a different color. The rings are numbered (to guide the mind as well as the eye), but the game has nothing to do with numbers and everything to do with your ability to perceive which of the 4 rings on any given card matches the same ring on another.

The game begins with the distribution of the cards. The first card is turned over and placed in the center of the table, face-up, starting the target pile (the cards looking everso graphically target-like). The rest of the cards are distributed evenly, face down, between the players, forming their play pile. At a signal from the dealer, players begin to draw cards from their deck, competing to be the first to find a card whose ring matches the corresponding ring on the card on the top of the target pile. At each turn, players must match a ring that is different than the last ring matched. If the first player matches, for example, the second ring of the current target card, players then compete to match the first, third or fourth ring of the new card.

The first player to run out of all but one cards wins the game.

The visual challenge, combined with the need for speed, can easily become so intense that, from time to time, your mind just refuses to keep up. This feels better than it sounds - like a shiatsu massage for your perceptual skills.

Super Circles is an elegant, challenging little card game, demanding brief spurts of very intense focus. Designed by Maureen Hiron and Ron and Caron Bodkin, with art by John Kovalic and Cathleen Quinn-Kinney, it turns out to provide a unique challenge, one that will prove as engaging to a seven-year-old (no arithmetic, no spelling, no knowledge required other than color and the numbers 1-4) as to a parent or grandparent of renown visual acuity and acknowledged color-discrimination skills.

It is difficult to avoid comparing Super Circles to 7 ate 9 - another Major Fun Award-winning card game, also from Out of the Box, also designed by Maureen Hiron. The only significant difference between the two games is the part of the brain they tease into action. 7 ate 9 plays with numbers, so it leans left on the brainscape. Super Circles plays with colors, so it feels more rightwards leaning. For this reason, Super Circles can be played successfully by slightly younger children. But by no measure can we say that one game is better or more fun than the other. Though we might not play both of them in the same game session, our family games collection would certainly be richer for having both of these games.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Visual Discrimination Challenge, March 17, 2010

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D. Yanover (Sherman Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Out of the Box Publishing, Inc. Super Circles - The Radical Ring Race (Toy)

As an Educational Therapist I am always looking for fun games that target a client's particular challenge.

Super Circles has you match one of the 4 circles' color. The child's attention is kept and visual discrimination is strengthened.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I kept yelling STOP at the other players, August 12, 2011

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deanna_carter - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Out of the Box Publishing, Inc. Super Circles - The Radical Ring Race (Toy)

This game is so fast, you may find yourself pleading with other players to stop playing cards as you search for a matching ring color among your cards. A great game to test your visual acuity and eye/hand speed. We play with younger kids and slow it down a bit for them, but it is still fast and fun. Plays best with 4 players.