Ages 6 and up

Players 2 - 6

Playing Time 15 minutes

Have you ever heard the expression, "it's so ugly, it's cute?" I believe that has to be the philosophy behind UglyDoll. Uglydolls are unattractive creature dolls. They do have a cuteness about them since they aren't scary. The franchise dolls now have a card game. The card game is very simple to play, yet is fun and will keep you staring at these ugly dolls during the whole game.

The Uglydoll card game has 70 cards. Shuffle these cards and take the first five cards off the top of the deck, With the remaining cards, randomly place them face down onto a flat surface like a table. Cards do not have to be in neat lines, in face the more chaotic they are, the better the game will be. Cards can and should touch one another. Once all cards are face down on the table, play begins by one person flipping over any one Uglydoll card. Then the next player flips over a card.

Players keep an eye out for when there are three of the same Uglydoll card face up. When that happens, all players make a play to grab as many of the three identical cards as possible. If players both grab a card at the same time, the first player to say "ugly" three times gets to keep the card. In advance play, when there is a tie, the first player to shout to name of the ugly doll wins the card. If you grab a card when there are not three of a kind, you are penalized and must take one of your cards out of play, meaning you won't score points for that card.

Once there are no more matching uglydolls, players score points by how many cards they were able to snatch. The player with the most cards wins the game. If you are looking to extend the game, you could play the game in rounds, so the person who has the most cards wins that round. The first person to win five rounds wins the game.

Uglydoll is an easy game to learn how to play. It also helps to develop hand-eye coordination and matching skills of younger players. The Uglydoll card game is fast and can be a lot of fun for families. Since the rules are simple, even the youngest member of the household can enjoy it. Just watch out for those little hands when snatching cards. It can become an intense battle for Uglydolls.