Academics' Choice Award™ Winner

Ultimatch

Description

Ultimatch is a cooperative twist on matching card games that brings new options for making matches. Matches can be made by color, number, addition, subtraction, or even mixing colors, but you want to think through the best cards to use now and which ones to save for later. Players work together to remove matches from a pyramid of cards. The players win if they can remove all the cards, but if they all pass they lose. Along with the cooperative play and new ways to match that support STEM skills, Ultimatch prompts clever decision making, offers exciting moments of mini-wins, and encourages players to anticipate each other's needs. Players get that just-one-more-game feeling over and over with they play Ultimatch.