Gamewright Rat-A-Tat-Cat Multi-colored, 5

Great gift, fun game. If you know your numbers, you can play along with this game. K through Adult

Perfect family game

Easily learned from 4 years on up,

I bought this last year but my daughter is just really enjoying it now. It took a couple of minutes to figure out but then it is easy. So far weve only played with the two (of us) but I imagine it will be even more fun with more people. As with most 1-off card games, you COULD use a regular deck of cards - you are paying for the rules of the game (and of course the cute rats and cats).

This is a very entertaining game. Ive bought it for both of my grandchildren and we all love it!!

Great!

I purchased this card game for a family gift based solely on the reviews.

I liked it all my grandsons had played it with their cousins so that is why I bought it.

Great game for kids. You deal 4 cards face down side by side to each player. When we play with younger kids, we always turn up the end cards. When playing with older kids, we dont. One card is then placed face up next to the draw pile. You can either pick up that card or draw one card and then exchange that card for one of your own cards, if you wish. You then discard and the play moves on to the next player. The object is to have the lowest total when adding all your cards together. When you believe you have the lowest total, you say rat-a-tat-cat and everyone gets 1 more turn. Everybody adds their cards up and you keep a tally. Part of the fun is not knowing whats on the cards not showing and then trading it out for what you believe to be a low card, only to find out you just discarded an even lower card, which the next player will most likely pick up. Watch where that player places that card because it will come in handy if you pick a swap card, which allows you to swap one card with one card of another player. There are peek cards, which allow you to peek at one of your turned down cards. And there are also draw 2 cards. I have also bought Theres a Moose in the House and Sleeping Queens. We like these games also, but the kids like Rat-A-Tat-Cat the best.

My family purchased this game several years ago, when my children were four and five. They’re 12 and 13 now, but we still like pulling the game out to play a few rounds once in a while. It’s a great equalizer, because younger children can play with older children and adults- and have a fairly equal chance of winning. We recently bought this for my five and three-year-old nephews, had it shipped to England, since it wasn’t available there. I know that they’ll have as much fun as we have!