ThinkFun Swish

by Think Fun

• Thinkfun's first transparent card game
• Includes 60 transparent swish cards
• Game-go bag included

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 1.1 x 8 inches ; 8.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Origin: China
• ASIN: B004INGVIU
• Item model number: 1512
• Our recommended age: 8 - 12 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,939 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #44 in Toys & Games > Games > Card Games
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

ThinkFun's Swish is a fast-paced card game that challenges players to flex their mental muscles as they try to out-Swish their competitors. Designed to challenge spatial intelligence, Swish is easy to learn and addictively fun for players eight years and older. Get ready to stretch your mental noodle with this engaging card game.

Swish's 60 transparent cards challenge spatial-recognition skills with a fun, competitive game. View larger.

Exercise Your Brain with Lively Play

Swish is a thinking game designed to accommodate a variety of skill levels so that adults and kids can play together. To play, players examine 16 cards laid out on a table and try to create more matches than their competitors to win. Matches are created by stacking two or more cards on top of one another so that a colored hoop matches up with the same color ball on a different card. When you make a match, you keep the cards. When all the cards are claimed, the player with the most cards wins.

Visually Appealing and Brain Teasing

This fast-paced game's visually appealing graphic elements keep players engaged throughout the action. The brightly colored hoops and balls are printed on transparent cards that can be stacked to form multiple matches in a single turn. Use your spatial-recognition skills to see matches, even if you would need to rotate or flip the card to make the match work.

Multiple Levels of Play for All Ages

The rules for play allow for each player to participate at a level appropriate to their ability, so players eight and older can play Swish together. The instructions include tips to make the game easier or harder.

What's in the Box

60 transparent Swish cards and carrying bag.

At a Glance:

• Accommodates a variety of skill levels
• Players match colored hoops and balls to win
• Striking transparent cards grab attention
• Spatial recognition game for one or more players
• Fun for kids and adults

Age/Weight Requirements:

• Eight years and older.

Players Required:

• One or more

Product Description

ThinkFun Swish

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing But Net October 17, 2011

By okfuskee

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

Got a review copy of Swish from Thinkfun. Originally, I thought Swish would be good for my fifth grade class...but then I borrowed it for use with my wife and mother-in-law. Although I had feared it might be too hard to find "matches" and that gameplay might be slow - turns out things go pretty quickly and everyone got hooked. We played in the evening at an "official" game time, but then the game got brought out for breakfast - the sign of a winner. The same thing happened with my students who kept asking me where to get it.

The cards are fairly attractive and well designed for their purpose. Just the look of the cards got my students intrigued - they look like no other cardgame cards. They are transparent and have only colored hoops and balls that you can see from each side. We have noticed that you need to play on a surface that makes it easy to see colors and the hoop/ball symbols. The cards are a little tricky to pick up from certain surfaces, but my students quickly devised a workaround solution by squeezing the sides of the card to make it bulge and facilitate pickup.

As I noted above, with a few people playing, game play goes pretty fast. The game builds visual intelligence and pattern recognition as well as math concepts of rotation and reflection as players turn and flip cards to try to match balls with hoops and vice versa. It is very satisfying when you find a match and the fact that others are simultaneously looking for matches makes it pretty competitive. A number of Thinkfun games are solo in nature and I have always thought that an asset, but it is great to see that Thinkfun can make the same kind of puzzly/thinking game and make it work for more than one player. That will really work for many kids, such as my nephew who likes thinking games - especially visual oriented ones - but who is very much into competition.

Oh...one more thing - the game has a very natural way of extending the challenge by letting you find multipe matches and I have seen some players really gravitate to that extra challenge.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great game by Thinkfun! October 11, 2011

By cmcapp

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

In classic Thinkfun fashion, Swish is a fun and addictive game. The directions are very clear, and the game is easy to play. At first, Swish seems impossible, but the more you play, the easier it gets. This won't take too long, considering you won't be able to put the game down! I LOVE Thinkfun games because I actually enjoy playing them myself. I also LOVE them because they get kids thinking in ways that they usually don't. They really do make thinking fun, and my class of 3rd graders are big fans of the games. They are also wonderful to use in an educational setting because you can easily differentiate the games. The only reason that this is rated 4 stars is because it's not my favorite Thinkfun game. However, it's certainly worth adding to the collection. If you enjoy other Thinkfun games, you'll enjoy this one, too! It reminds me a bit of Set with the clear cards and the kind of mental challenge it provides.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Swish Stacks Up November 25, 2011

By Stephanie Englehaupt

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

As a parent and a teacher, I love SWISH! My 7 year old students love playing this game any time. They even ask to stay in at recess to play. Better yet, two of my students and I read the directions and played. After that, they taught others how to play. It spread like wild fire.This game moves as fast as the players make it move. Because they can play with two, three, or more card matches, everyone can enter the game where they are. Experienced and non-experienced players can play together. Win-win. My 10 year old loves it as much as my 7 year olds for all the same reasons. Every classroom and home needs SWISH!