Ghost Blitz will make your brain come out of your ears

We found the German version to be slightly cheaper

Ghost Blitz is a game for all the family. The rules are quick to learn and just about anyone can pick it up. You get five nicely made little wooden pieces: green bottle, grey mouse, red chair, blue book and of course a white ghost. There is also a deck of cards with pictures of the objects on them.

To play the game you shuffle the deck and then turn over one card at a time. The card shows a bunch of pieces and players must identify either the piece that is correctly shown (for example if the picture shows a blue mouse on a red chair the correct answer is red chair) or the piece that isn’t shown (for example if the picture shows a red mouse holding a blue bottle the correct piece is a white ghost because it can’t be anything blue, red or a mouse or a bottle). If you get it right you get to keep the card. After a run through all the cards the player holding the most cards wins.

These simple rules make for fiendish and brain bending gameplay as you struggle to force your grey cells to reach the answer before anyone else. I wouldn’t want to play it for too long. I think my head would overheat or something, but for a quick blast, especially with kids, it is a hoot. The components are very compact and it would make a great travel game.