Drop It, Game Review

There are times when you want a game everyone in the family can play. It can be tough to find a game that provides enough entertainment for the youngest players and still enough of a challenge for older ones. Here is one that fits the category.

I played and couple of games of Drop It, designed by Bernard Lach and Uwe Rapp, at Salt Lake Gaming Convention 2018 (website) with one of the game ambassadors of Envoy/Double Exposure (website).

Drop It is a basic game that requires you to drop different shapes of flat blocks between two plastic panels. Players start with a set of pieces and take turns dropping them into the holder. The look is a little like connect four, but the strategy is different.

One player I was playing with called Drop It a “geometric Tetris.” This gives an idea of how it looks, but again you are not trying to complete levels or create shapes. You drop the block into the holder and calculate any score you might have made. There are two variations of limitations to play for scoring. For older players the strategy of keeping colors separated and placed at the right levels gets them thinking.

Drop It is also different because it is for 2–4 players. I played a 4 person game on one variation and a 3 person game with the other. Both variations were easy to learn and understand the scoring principles. After I played I watched some younger players. I figure one was below the recommended age (8+), and with a little help from a parent were able to join in and was having fun dropping in the pieces. He didn’t even need to score, and it appeared he really didn’t care about the scoring taking place by the other players.

Picture from PHD  Games

Drop It is designed to run about 30 minutes. Of the half dozen games I played or watched none went over 15 minutes. This can easily be used as a filler game when waiting for more people to arrive on game night. It is also a game younger players can learn and play on their own. It could be used as a cabin game, but would be on the larger side that would work better in a camper or motor home instead of something being packed in or carried in a suitcase.

Drop It is designed by Bernard Lach and Uwe Rapp have other games known to be family friendly/favorite games. These include Fat Fish and Qwinto.

Drop it is produced by Thames and Kosmos games (website) and is designed for 2–4 players of ages 8+, and to be played within 30 minutes.

Drop It is available on Amazon (link).

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