Rules for HISSS card game
Set Up:
Shuffle the snake cards. Place the stack face down on the playing surface and fan the cards out. Draw any one of the fanned cards and place it face up in the middle of the playing area. This is the starter Card
Start Playing:
The youngest player starts first. He, or she picks one card from anywhere in teh card fan and turns it face up. Do any of the card’s colors match the starter card? If so, place it next to the starter card with the matching colors touching. If the card doesn’t match, lay it face up in the playing area to start a new snake.
Play continues clockwise, with each player drawing one card from anywhere in the fan and either matching it to a snake under construction, or starting a new card if there is no color match.
Wild Cards:
The rainbow colored head and tail cards are wild cards. They can be placed next to any color mid-section for a match.
Winning a Snake:
If you can place a head or taili card to complete a snake, you win that snake. Say “Hisss” and slide it in front of you. The snakes you win form your snake pit. ( a whole snake has at one head, one mid section and on tail.
Combining two snakes into one:
If you draw a mid-section card and one of its colors matches one snake under construction and its other color matches a different snake under construction you can use that card to combine them into one gigantic snake! This completes the snake, you say “Hisss” and add it to your snake pit.
Ending the Game:
Keep playing until all the cards in the fan have been drawn. leave any unfinished snakes in teh middle. Now, count hte cards in your snake pit. The player with the most cards wins. In case of a tie, the player with the longest snake wins.
HISSS Card Game
$13.00
HISSS card game provides fun for the whole family. Help your kids build snakes and match colors with HISSS. In this game you flip over tiles one by one trying to match colored snake pieces until an entire snake (head, body & tail) has been completed. HISS is a great game for parents and children and it teaches colors, matching and basic decision making skills for youngsters. This is a game you can play with your 4 year old and still have enough entertainment to have both parents and children enjoying the fun!
HISSS allows players to take turns drawing tiles and adding them to existing snakes. If the tile doesn’t fit anywhere start a new snake. As soon as you add the final peice that completes a snake, you collect that snake. The player with the most tiles at the end of the card game wins. This is clearly a game for all ages.
- Age Range:
- 3+
- Number of Players:
- 2-5
- Play Length:
- about 15 minutes
- Manufacture:
- Gamewright
- Education:
- Matching, Shapes
