See It? Slam It!

See it? Slam It!

You will have to be observant and able to move fast to play See It? Slam it!. You will also have to know how to spell and/or sound out words to play this fast paced, family card game. 

See It? Slam it! includes only cards - 36 letter cards and 264 picture cards. The picture cards feature everyday things, like you see on the image above. However, eyes (and sometimes a mouth) are added to each card, whether the object has them or not, which now opens up words about feelings, emotions, attitudes, etc. Also, most things are pictured with other things to imply they are doing something or are posed in action, which opens up additional nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc. This will give you more options for using the letter. For example:

Words you could use for the letter C could include carton, cucumber and carry. For the letter T you could say tortoise, twine, tie. For the letter B you could say box, balance, bow, bug-eyed. I'm sure you can think of more.   

Not every letter is represented in this game on a letter card. The game manufacturers did not feel there were enough words that start with E, I, J, K, Q, U, V, X, Z,  so these letters were eliminated. Since there are 36 letter cards, obviously other letters are represented more than once, including A, B, M, T, W.

I see on the manufacturers website they have a new version called See It! Slam It! Say It!, which I have not seen yet. From the preview I can see there are letter cards but no picture cards. Instead cards with categories printed on them, such as ice cream flavors, biblical name and vampires, are included. Outset Media is also the makers of Pickles to Penguins, a fun game of associations.

Object:
Have the most picture cards when all the letter cards have been played. Or, choose a certain amount of time to play before you start and whoever has the most cards when the timer goes off is the winner. Or, choose a certain number of cards to win, such as 5, and the first person to win that many cards wins the game.

Set up:
Mix the picture cards and place them in a face-down stack. Mix the letter cards and place them in a face-down stack. Turn three picture cards up in the middle, and in reach of all players.

Play:
On go, turn one letter card face-up. Players all play at the same time. As soon as the letter card is turned over, all players race to 1) call out a word that begins with that letter that describes something from one of the pictures and 2) slam the card. The player who slammed, removes the card and keeps it. From here you can either: 

• Play until all three cards are claimed. Turn over three new picture cards and one new letter card. Repeat until the end of the game.
• Leave the remaining two cards and add one to it, so there are always three face-up picture cards to each round. Discard the old letter card and turn over a new letter card and go again. Repeat until the end of the game. If you run out of letter cards, flip the discard deck and start reusing the cards.

If adults and kids are playing together you may use one or more of these suggestions to help even the playing field:

Try this:

• Play with younger kids and use more picture cards so there is a better chance of finding a match.
• Make a list of words that come up a lot and don't allow their use. For instance, since most pictures have eyes, add eyes to the list. 
• Carefully separate and lift each card off the stack without toppling the stack or sliding off more than one card.
• Skip the letters. Give everyone a piece of paper and a pencil. Turn over one picture card and start a timer for 1 minute. All players write single words that they see in the picture. Compare lists and get 1 point for each original word (no one else wrote). First with 20 points wins the game.

In the box: 264 picture cards, 36 letter cards

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