Pandasaurus Games The Mind - Family-Friendly Board Games - Game Night - Card Games for Adults, Teens & Kids (2-4 Players)

The Mind is hands down one of our all-time favorite games! We’ve gifted it to over 10 friends, and it’s always been a massive hit. It’s a perfect mix of hilarious and challenging, keeping everyone on their toes with every round. We love that it can be played with 2-4 players, making it ideal for small gatherings or a cozy game night. It’s so rare to find a game that’s so enjoyable with just two players, but this one truly excels in that area. The gameplay is easy to grasp, yet requires plenty of strategy and offers a unique experience each time you play. It’s the perfect way to connect with friends, give your brain a workout, and share some great laughs. If you’re searching for a thought-provoking, entertaining, and fun gift, this game is a must-have. We highly recommend it!

This is a love it or hate it game. It's a game of luck more than skill. I can see how it would be frustrating for younger players. Some of my family enjoy it, and some do not!

It can be a little nerve-wracking since it’s all about trusting your intuition—there are no turns, and everyone has to play their cards in ascending order from 1 to 100 without knowing what numbers others have! It's really cool to see how different people approach the game in their own way. Every group brings a unique experience.It's the perfect game to take anywhere, thanks to its compact size, and it’s great for all ages. The card quality is excellent, too. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a quick, fun game option and great price.

I play this game using a friend's copy, and their box was one of those 2 piece slot together shell kinds (like a Monopoly box). I saw the reviews for the box being messed up for this listing and I thought, "their carrier must be tossing the package around like crazy, how do you mess up such a sturdy box?" But no, this listing does NOT look like the picture. It's like an Uno box, with the little opening you have to flip up at the top, and it's ridiculously flimsy. I'm just putting it in a different box, oh well.Anyway, the game itself is too fun. Anyone who says it's boring isn't getting creative with it. It's the most fun when you take "No communication" to mean no speaking or hand signals/sign language. That way, you can frantically stare and wave and point and slap someone's card away when you think yours is lower only to be so, so wrong. Obviously it's not going to be fun if you just blank stare and only move to put a card down.Pro tip also - I think this game is meant for, what, 2-4 people? Well, its too fun with 8-10. It's kind of a given to bend the rules for 8 anyway, but sometimes you need to remember the rules aren't law. Play it in whatever way will be fun to you.

This game is so much fun when you get the hang out it. We play it as a family.

SO much fun! Such a great game for big groups or teams

We love The Mind. This is a really fun game. We have played this with adults and teenagers and everyone loves it. It is fun, easy and entertaining. My son is out of the country. He took this game with him. His roommates all love playing this. He has gifted his game to one of his friends for their birthday so I had to buy him a other one and ship it to him. It's a fun cooperative game (although frustrating at times). When you play with someone for the first time, it will take a little while until you get in vibe with each other to actually win the game. My husband and sons have only beat all the levels once. They were determined to do it and spent the afternoon working on it. I have never beat it but still love this game

Played this several times with my nephews. Since it's not actually a "game" it lacked the engagement to keep them interested.Then I brought it to my gaming group and explained it to them. I also brought some other games and suggested we preface the night with a quick round or two of this just to taste it. They declined.Bought this game because of all the praise I see it getting.Don't know where that is coming from or who enjoys this.You lay down cards with no player sequence whatsoever trying to lay what you have in your collective hands from lowest to highest (cards range from 1-100)My problem with The Mind is that it wants you to follow rules that aren't exactly definable and without some referee the group can find themselves sitting around restricting themselves. Because what constitutes "no communication" is nearly everything. Found myself not even looking at anything but the stack because "technically that's communication". At one point I had 100, so I should obviously play this card last, but my nephew didn't know that, so we sat there essentially staring at the board for several minutes. The no communication rule breaks down when someone starts to head nod, eyeball "point", or anything of the sort, but you don't really care enough to call them out for it.I found the "help item" ninja stars to actually hinder our play, since we found we build a sort of cadence to laying our cards down, using a ninja star interrupts that cadence and actually no one knows where we are in that rhythm once we resume, usually leading to immediate lives lost, which was what the ninja star was meant to avoid in the first place.Lastly, probably the biggest issue with this game is the core play itself. Most gaming groups get together to be social and interact... ... and this game wants you to do the exact opposite. You're supposed to make no communication and no interaction. In the end, it does feel random, and it quickly gets to the point where the group tries to "game" it and collude a method prior to a round starting and when I sit around and think about it it really just isn't FUN which is the reason we are gathered to play table top games.This game has a Party rank of 35 currently on Board Game Geek...I can't see how anyone would want to get this out at a party even for casuals ... ... unless they suck at party hosting.We made it to round 6 out of 10 in the three player setup. Didn't care enough to try to break that.I may ask my group to give it a try once again, but even as the buyer (which means I'm usually more invested in getting a game to the table) I'm not excited about The Mind at all.This game is almost more of a punishment, like something you'd give to kids in time-out, and once they complete it they are allowed to go back to playing with the rest of the kids, actually talking and having fun doing real activities/games.I'll accept the description that it is an experiment, because it's not much of a game.