The #UpsideDown Challenge game will keep the kids entertained over the Summer Holidays! The Game when the world is flipped upside down even every day easy tasks become a challenge.
The #UpsideDown Challenge Game
We were lucky enough to review the #UpsideDown Challenge Game PLUS had the opportunity to giveaway one to a lucky reader thanks to Wicked Uncle!
About the #UpsideDown Challenge Game
Suitable for the whole family you simply pop on the special goggles and are then tasked with a number of challenges. You will be amazed at how difficult even the simplest tasks become with impaired vision!
Although the game can be a lot of fun it can also be very frustrating. Consequently, this is a good reminder that not everyone is lucky enough to have perfect vision, and may give a slight insight into how things are not as easy for them.
Contents:
- Instructions
- Action Cards Explanation Booklet
- 1x Pair of Upside Down Glasses
- 32x Cards:
- Made up of 2 Super Challenge Cards, marked with a trophy with a star in;
- 15 Action Cards (numbered 1-15)
- 15 Drawing cards (with a pen symbol)
- Action and Drawing cards have an easy (marked with a feather) or hard (marked with a dumbbell) mode
- Symbols Explanation Card
- 1x 20 Seconds Sand Timer
- 32x Blue Star Winner Tokens
- 4x Yellow Star Tokens
- Punchboard – don’t throw this away it is needed for the game!
The googles have an adjustable strap therefore they fit different sized heads. But note that glasses wearers are unable to wear their normal glasses under the goggles. If their vision is poor this means that they will be unable to play. The instructions says for technical reasons , however it is because the goggles are too narrow and far too tight to accommodate glasses underneath.
You will also Need:
- 3 cardboard rolls (empty toilet rolls of the same size & height)
- 1 pen with a lid
- Paper
- Teaspoon
- 2x beakers
- 1 bowl
- Some Water
The #UpsideDown Challenge Game Set Up
First put the super challenge cards aside and shuffle the rest. Next place them face down as a draw pile. Then remove the chips from the punchboard. Lay the glasses, sand timer, actions explanation card, chips, punchboard and game box on the table.
Next take two pieces of paper, one large/one small, and crumple them into two balls. Ideally they want a diameter of about 1cm and 5cms. Draw four dots on the front and six dots on the back of another sheet of paper. Finally, each dot then needs to be assigned a random number between 1-4 and 1-6.
How to Play The #UpsideDown Challenge Game
Two to six players take it in turn to draw a card. The youngest player goes first and afterwards it moves clockwise.
If a drawing card is selected, then the player decides which of the three images to draw. Of course the special googles are worn whilst they do this. Other players do not see this card and have 40 seconds to guess what it is being drawn. Indeed multiple guesses are allowed. It is down to the other players to turn over the sand timer.
If they draw an action card they leave the card face up in front of them. Each numbered action card has instructions for what to do in the Action Cards Explanation Booklet. Other players will turn over the sand timer apart from when it is cards 4, 6, 7 or 12!
Actions include things like putting a top on a pen, writing your name, doing a high five, or pouring water from one bottle to another. The tasks are done with two hands, however, some are only done with one – making them even harder. However, if this is too difficult the game can be adapted, especially for younger users.
Winning The #UpsideDown Challenge Game
The first person to collect five chips is the winner! It is even possible to play with more than six people – just reduce the number of chips required or keep track of scores on a piece of paper.
The Super Challenges don’t appear to be part of the game but just as additional challenges. Maybe they could be utilised if you end up with a tie-breaker!
Developmental Benefits of The #UpsideDown Challenge Game
- Concentration
- Fine motor skills Counting
- Team Player
- Mathematics
- Logical & Critical Decision Making
- Reading & Writing
- Visuospatial Skills
- Imagination
- Reflex & Speed
- Empathy and Understanding
- Working under time constraints
- Biology – learn how the eyes work
Conclusion of The #UpsideDown Challenge Game
In conclusion the #UpsideDown Challenge Game is definitely a novel family game. Easy to understand and set up, great for all ages. Whilst this is a fun family it is easy to adapt for different age groups. Just using the drawing cards would also make it easier still. It would be easy to then go on to create your own drawing and action cards. With that in mind I think it would make a great game for adults too!
Finally. ideally a second set of goggles would be good – not just so that they don’t have to be adjusted between turns but for more fun interacting with each other upside-down.
- Ravensburger
- Age 7+
- 2-6 players
- Playing time 20 minutes
- £23.95 Wicked Uncle
To WIN a copy of the #UpsideDown Challenge Game tell me in 10 words or more which you think will be harder – the drawing or the activities challenges, and why? Who do you think will be best at it?!
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I think the drawing would be harder for me because I can’t draw anyway, stick men is about my limit!
I think the drawing because I am no good at it. Sounds great!
This sounds so fun! I think the activity ones sounds harder, especially the pouring of water!! I’m sure my children would be brilliant at it though!
I think the drawing – I am not creative at all and rubbish at art! I think I will be better at the activities!
the drawing, no good at that, my kids would defiantly be better at both!
Definitely the drawing would be gard,I’m rubbish at it
The drawing because it is not that easy for some people
I think the activity challenges, both would be quite tricky though I am sure
I think the drawing as I’m not a very artistic person anyway! I reckon my eldest son would be good at this game though.
as we can all draw think some of the activities may prove challenging
im rubbish at drawing but this would be a fun challenge for us all
the drawing or the activities challenges as i am terrible at drawing!
I think the drawing as I am awful even with normal vision!
I think the activities as you need to co-ordinate vision and movements. Drawing, as long as its simple, you could close your eyes and draw freehand
I think the activities would be the hardest, but I’m not sure!
I think the activities will be harder as you need good coordination skills but if the world is upside down then that makes it a lot harder. I’m personally a good drawer and can probably draw it closing my eyes to avoid confusion with the world upside down but I don’t think I can do the activities closing my eyes.
I think the activities will be harder… I find it tricky to do things when looking in the mirror and I am guessing that this will be similar! I definitely have friends who will be good at this though!
I think the drawing would be the hardest, have you ever tried to write upside down? It’s just too much for my brain to make sense of so goodness knows what my drawings would be like.
It sounds like hilarious family fun.
I think the activities would be harder because you need more coordination!
The drawing as I can’t draw to save my life! I think my nieces will be best at it, they would love this!
I think the challanges will be the trickiest as I think you would have to move in the opposite direction to what your brain thiks it should!
Probably the activities challenges would be the hardest for me as I’m not very co-ordinated even when I’m the right way up. I think my husband would be good at this game. He is very logical.
Definitely the drawing, I’m not sure that people could tell what I was drawing under a normal circumstance
Probably the activities as I try not to throw up at everything all mixed up my son would be pretty good considering he spends half his time hanging off the sofa upside down anyway!
Definitely drawing, I imagine you have to be a lateral (or upside down!) thinker
Deffo drawing, it’s not as easy as you first think
I am terrible at drawing so I definitely think that would be the harder task. What a great idea for a game!
I think that I would find the drawing challenges the most tricky as I cannot draw at the best of times! I think I would enjoy the activities, they sound fun!
I think the drawing! I’m not very good at drawing anyway haha
I think the drawing for me.Thanks
Definitely the drawing as I’m no good at this at all
I am rubbish at drawing anyway so I think the drawing tasks will be the hardest for me.
The drawing task. I’m rubbish when it comes to drawing while my children are very good at drawing.
The activities, I know I can write upside down!
I think I’d find the drawing a challenge, especially with the goggles on making things more difficult!
I think it would be the drawings as I am no good at art at all so would be really hard for me
The drawing would be harder for me but my sister would be good at it
It all sounds tricky! Not sure I’d be good at the drawing or activities upside down! I’m sure my kids would beat me 🙂
My husband would be the best I’d be terrible at the challenges as I have no co-ordination
The activities sound harder to me, trying to do things while getting used to a different perspective!
Does sound a bit confusing so definitely need to concentrate.
I think the drawing would be hard, as I really can’t draw at all!
I think it would definitely be the drawing for me, I am not good at it when I’m upright!
Definitely the drawing as I can’t draw anything!