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This week we decided to play a lighter game that is easy enough for families to play together without having to worry about a lot of rules.
It's a beautiful day, and everyone in your hometown is excited to watch all the fun, pageantry, and spectacle of the upcoming parade! But first, the floats that will thrill the crowd must be built... and the one who crafts the most exciting floats will become the Grand Marshal!
In Everyone Loves A Parade, 2-6 players act as float designers, selecting colorful decoration cards (flowers, balloons, and flags) to add to their floats and wow the crowd, which is represented by dice showing colors and items they wish to see.
Each decoration card allows an immediate action that can give you an edge, allowing you to move or reroll crowd dice! At the end of each round, players reveal their secret order cards, perform one last action, then enter their completed float into the parade in front of a crowd. You gain points for giving the crowd what they want, and the player with the highest score after three rounds wins and becomes the Grand Marshal!
Weight 1.0/5
A Little More Info
The rules of the game is pretty straight forward and easy to understand. The game consists of three rounds with three turns per player. That’s it, easy as pumpkin pie.
For each round, you reveal three new crowd cards, receive a secret order card, reveal five new decoration cards, take three turns, place your floats (based on your secret order card), and then score.
Once everybody has taken their turns, you place your float based on the turn order card and, optionally, take the action on the card. After that you score.
What we like about the game
We love that this game is super easy to play and that it doesn’t take long to play at all. The game is ready to play right out of the box.
We do love the artwork on the cards. The crowd cards do remind you of a small town parade in which you see groups of people standing in front of stores to watch a parade down “Main Street, USA.”
We do like that the dice are easy to understand with some being colored and others just black and white. Also, the various symbols in the game are easy to understand and remember once you learn them.
What we don’t like about the game
There isn’t anything about the game we didn’t like.
FINAL THOUGHTS
We really like that Calliope Games publishes games that are easy to understand and play. Their games are family friendly and even younger players can play this game with some assistance.
FAMILY GAMER VERDICT
We give this game a 7 out 10.
The only reason we give it this rating is that we tend to enjoy more in-depth games. However, if we are wanting a light game that plays quickly, then this one will hit the table more often than not.
This game would be fun for a family and for a group of up to six players.
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