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Rio Grande Games  |  SKU: RIO638

Hooky

$29.95 CAD
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Description
Designer Friends of Aseema
James Miller (I)
Publisher Rio Grande Games
Players 3-5
Playtime 45-60 mins
Suggested Age 14 and up

Welcome to the wonderful world of Hooky. Of the 26 children who should be in classes today, three are off playing hooky. It is morning before school starts, and in the chaos, your job as a homeroom teacher is to figure out which three are missing. There are some children off in the playground who are late getting to their homerooms, and you will learn their identities as they straggle in.

The three missing students are represented by three hooky cards. You earn points by correctly deducing the identity of the three hooky cards and thereby finding the three missing students. You can also earn points by learning which students are in the other players' classrooms (i.e., hands of cards). The player with the highest score wins.

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More on the mechanics: Hooky is a deduction game with a little sprinkle of push-your-luck if you want. Each student is represented by a letter of the alphabet. All players are dealt a few cards and therefore have some knowledge of which students are definitely not missing. To solve the mystery, you will ask for and give clues using five-letter words of your choice. The person asked gives a number as an answer, communicating how many of the letters in the words they have in hand, but not which. By learning which players have which letters (students), you will begin to suspect which students are off playing Hooky and which players have what information.

Customer Reviews

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Melanie S
Alphabet Deduction

I like certain kinds of deduction and I especially like deduction where you can score points for getting certain things correct (e.g., identifying some of the student cards other players have in their hand / classroom).
Thinking of five letter words is difficult for some people (me included) so we spent a lot of time thinking.
Overall, I really enjoyed the game and deducing which kids (letters) were where based on words everyone heard one player ask another to answer.

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Jasmeer Sangha
Great Theme, Solid Deduction

Unlike other deduction games, this isn't a race and thus scoring isn't as satisfying. A lucky guess early on may decide the game which is unfortunate in this type of game. Despite that the deduction and game flow is great.

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Christine Biancheria
Unique Deduction and Word Game

I am biased, but I really enjoy this. It doesn’t overstay it’s welcome and allows players control with the use of words to get information and a chance to score beyond figuring everything out. You have to do the best with what you have. Also, everyone is involved on everyone else’s turns, which makes it constantly engaging. It’s still brainy, though, so it’s not for all occasions.
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