Cake Off!
Cake Off! Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Game Pieces
- 30 cake cards (5 of each color: beige, yellow, red, blue, purple, and brown)
- 1 cake stamp
- 1 cake plate
The Goal of the Game
The players try to collect all five cake cards of the same color in their hands. The player who does this first must put his or her hand on the cake plate. Then, everybody else must put their hands on the plate, too – because the slowest player will have the cake thrown at them!
Getting Ready
You need as many color sets (of five cake cards each) as there are players. If there are less than six players, put the leftover cards back in the box (you won't need them this time).
Shuffle the cards face down and deal them out equally. All players take their cards into their hands without showing them. Put the cake plate in the middle of the table, with the cake stamp next to it.
Playing the Game
At the beginning of each round, everyone has five random cake cards in hand. The goal is to get five cake cards of the same color as quickly as you can, by passing one card at a time to the next player.
Let's Begin!
At the same time, all players pick one card from their hand and pass them face down to the player on their left. So, you will get a new card from the player on your right at the same time that you give a card to the player on your left.
Then, everyone again picks one card, passes it to the left, and gets a new card from the right. Keep passing cards until somebody has five cards of the same color!
Remember: All players must pass their cards at the same time! It's best if you keep hold of the card you are passing until all players have picked their card.
Got Five Cake Cards of the Same Color?
As soon as a player has five cake cards of the same color in hand, he or she must place one hand on the cake plate as quickly as possible. As soon as the other players notice, they also need to put a hand on the cake plate as fast as they can. There will be a pile of hands on the cake plate.
Throw the Cake!
The first player to put his or her hand on the cake plate (the one whose hand is at the bottom of the pile, that is) gets to "throw the cake" at the slowest player (the one at the top of the pile) by stamping the back of his or her hand with the cake stamp!
Then, re-shuffle all the cards and deal a new round.
The End of the Game
The game ends as soon as one player gets his or her fifth stamp. The player (or players) with the fewest stamps win(s)!
Hints for Parents
Please make sure that the cap of the cake stamp is properly closed after each round. This will not only help keep the stamp working longer, but it will also prevent the ink from staining the table or the children's clothing.