Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Michael Erb
June 2008
USA

Like tic-tac-toe or Connect Four, but looking for a little more challenge? MixUp is a two-player game with one player choosing colors and the other choosing shapes. The object is to get four of a kind together, but in the attempt you may accidentally help your opponent.

The game works a lot like Connect Four, with game tiles depicting three shapes – moon, lightning and raindrop — in three colors – blue, green and red. The tiles slide down into the gameboard which has seven rows, stacking on top of one another. Players try to create either a row of four or a set of four (two-by-two square) of one shape or one color. This means, however, to play that red moon you might be placing two red pieces next to one another, or two moons together, so you might be adding to your opponent’s set while completing yours.

This is a quick game, and the pieces are really nice quality. The plastic game board also doubles as a container for all of the tiles, which is a nice feature. MixUp is designed for two players ages 8 and up and plays in about 15-20 minutes. The game retails for $19.99.

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