[Ad- gifted product] Our bi-weekly, family board game session, after school, at Geek Retreat featured Good Face Bad Face this time! Kai was already all settled into his Kids DnD session before Amelia, Dann, Robin and I started playing our game. Good Face Bad Face is pretty simple in concept – just containing a deck of cards. All you need to do is collect four Good Face cards to win the entire game. But, you don’t have much control on what you get!
One player, who is the deck master for the round, gets to arrange the cards in the deck in whatever way they want. Then, the deck gets passed from one player to the next. You have the option of taking a card from the top or passing it to the next player. If you take a card, and it’s a Good Face, you can put it in front of you and pick to take another. If you end up drawing a Bad Face, it cancels out all of your Good Face cards, moving those to a discard, and you have to pass on the deck. If you don’t have any Good Face cards, the Bad Face card sits in front of you until you pull a Good Face to cancel that one out.
The Good Face Bad Face deck then continues around until it reaches the deck master, who then has to draw the next card. There is a bit of thrill in deciding if you are picking up a card or if you are passing it on. You’ll end up looking a lot at the Deck Master to see if they are deceiving you! Amelia has a fantastic Poker Face, so she was able to really trick us. Robin on the other hand isn’t very good at keeping the next card secret – when she can keep track of them that is. Good Face Bad Face is a very quick game to set up and play and easy to take with you. We liked how short and compact the rounds were, which is ideal for shorter sessions of gameplay.
There are some bonus cards in Good Face Bad Face that can be played, to mix up the gameplay a bit more, but as we were playing with younger children we kept these out. It’s nice that the game can scale and be more complex though! Dann and I have actually played Good Face Bad Face with our tabletop group since, which was an equally fun time before having our dinner.
I love how you guys go to the Geek Retreat and try out so many different games. We do enjoy a card game, so Good Face Bad Face sounds like it would be fun.
This looks like a great game for family game night! I have to get this.
This game seems like so much fun and perfect to play with friends or family. I will be sure to get my hands on this game and make sure to play it during our Christmas gathering!
Such a fun card game for the whole family! This would be a great game to play at our next holiday get together.
Sounds like the Good Face Bad Face board game is pretty interesting for both kids and adults alike. The short and compact rounds are attractive aspects as well.
Looks like a fun game! I hadn’t heard of this one before. It is nice to have some family games that we can enjoy together. This would be a great holiday gift idea.
One of my clients have been telling me about this game , she says it’s really fun. . Will have to get my hands on a copy of it for Xmas games night
That is so so cool! I will get it for sure…Super love the idea, I can imagine the giggles around the table….I will get it.
This sounds like a fun game fro sure and I do enjoy good card games! I will check this one out for myself as we are always looking to add to our family Game Night collection 😉