Roly Poly Goalie by Exploding Kittens

First of all, the Roly Poly are super cute, soft, squishy, expressive balls that my 4 year old daughter had fun playing with even without actually playing the actual game. The premise of the game is simple: collect the most cards/points. To acquire them you play a game of trump card but when you tie, epic battles happen in one of four different mini games using the Roly Poly balls. Of the four, Roly Poly Knock off was the only one that we didn't like as much due to having issues keeping the Roly Poly on the top of the box (it kept rolling off). Maybe can include a hole/groove or some sort of holder for the Roly Poly to make it easier to set off & a little more challenging to knock off.I love that there's also an option on how to play with special rules if adults play kids to level out the playing field.This is an amazingly fun game to play for hours of laughs and epic battles with your family and friends. Just make sure you have enough space around the house where things won't get broken =><=

Played teens versus adults and thought it would be too simple at the start but it was a LOT of fun! We had an odd number and somehow it made it more fun as we rotated teammates playing against each other. We had big laughs when each of us missed or hit targets, and especially when the underdog won the goalie challenge!

Team Grandma vs Team Grandpa + Grandaughter "Jo" - and we had a lot of fun. Our grandaughter is 4.5 yrs old, so we went slowly so that she could be the one to "do the math" and discover who won each card draw. The colors on the cards helped her spot the ties quickly -- good design choice. Even though she was able to grasp the foam balls she did have some trouble with the aim. After the fireest play through we changed it so that when it was an Attack that the adult had to sit on the floor so that she wasn't looking up at us while throwing. She liked this play change. SHe also liked it when Grandma got me in the face with the foam ball (see pictures)!Grandparents aren't the best at laying on the floor and rolling a ball around. Fun, but took a while to get upright again.(Grandughter is not in the pictures - privacy concerns, sorry)

The game was very enjoyable to play. I had a lot of fun playing it. You might want a bigger playing space with no breakables because there is throwing and heading (like in soccer) the ball. The game length was just right. It was very easy to learn because it has a bunch of the same rules as the card game "War", so if you already know how to play that, they just added energy and movement to it. I would recommend this for kids who are in first or second grade up to grownups depending on the grownup's personality. I don't think two grownups would play it together but it is a good game for kids and grownups to play together. The cards are easy to read. It was easy to keep track of who was winning. - review by Morgan, age 10

Our family loved this game. We have older kids and younger cousins. Everyone was able to play and have fun. It is a great game to brush up on the concept of greater than and less than as well as pre-k number identification. The added part with the Roly Polies broke up the game and there were many laughs! This game is great for essential math foundational skills and gross motor for little ones while being engaging for the big kids in the family!

It's like war but with Mario Party style mini games where the war happens. It's very much catered as a family game especially with younger kids. As a small group of adults, it was still pretty entertaining to watch your friends crawl all over the floor and show off their terrible lack of hand eye coordination. I think there's a lot of potential for this even as adults or incorporating some drinking game aspects, if there were more mini creative games with different point levels, especially as the battle cards look a lot like drink coasters. Overall fun twist, that's honestly a lot of fun both as an observer and a champion

Good fun for the whole family! But this mama definitely felt old after getting off the floor, lol! Make sure you don't destroy the box when you open it, you'll need it when you play. And if you have long hair, put it in a ponytail before the final challenge. Otherwise, you may end up pulling your own hair with your knee!

This is a fun and quick game for families with little kids. There are some directions that aren't perfectly clear but people should be capable of filling in those spots. The balls are cute and amazing to hold. It's nice that teams don't have to be even and if someone drops out it doesn't disturb the game. Overall, it's got a clear design & we liked its simplicity.

Roly Poly Goalie is based on the common card game of “War” so it's super easy to pick up & learn. The war challenges are where it becomes different. When you get to that point, there are physical challenges you draw from a pile. Winner takes all cards. Coordination is helpful but not required so little kids can get as much fun out of it as adults. Definitely a fun one to add to the rotation. I received this game to test & give an honest review.

This game asks how can we make that boring card game War not suck? Add a hint of Throw Throw Burrito in and you have Roly Poly Goalie. The game starts as the standard 1v1 war setup up even to the point of laying out 3 prize cards after a match. After that it's very different! Instead of flipping another card to decide the victor, you get to play fun mini games. This includes battles and trying to knock a roly poly off the game box. It also help how amazing the art of the throw items in the Exploding Kitten games are which now includes burritos, avocados, and roly polys. The one thing we weren't crazy about was the final battle moving the roly poly on the ground with our heads. We just opted to do a throw from far away and see who could closer for the points. The best part is unlike War, the game can end 2 ways and doesn't drag on forever like War tends to. Like War you win if you get all the cards but games will often end when all 7 battles have been completed so it never becomes tedious.