Cinderella Review

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Are you looking for a good memory game for a child that brings a little more than just simply turning over cards until they hit a match? Do you have children that are into fairy tales, princesses, or timepieces? Would you like a cooperative game experience for the young ones where they can have fun without you having to pretend you forgot where that matching tile is? Well, read along and see if Cinderella is something your family might enjoy adding to game night.

Cinderella is a cooperative memory game from FoxMind designed by Meelis Looveer for 1-4 players and plays in about 10-15 minutes.

The basic setup is that of a typical children’s memory game with a grid of facedown tiles placed on the table. These tiles depict the usual Cinderella story elements: mice, horses, slippers, pumpkin, carriage, etc. Additionally, a clock board and custom die are placed next to the tiles.

The goal of the game is to cooperatively locate the matching tile pairs so that Cinderella can reach the ball before midnight. On a turn, the player will roll the die, which determines what they are able to do with their action. If an hourglass is rolled, the player will flip over one tile and then secretly look at a second tile in the hopes that it’s a match.

Before choosing the second tile, other players can point to facedown tiles that they believe will yield a match. They may have gained this information from one of the other die faces. Rolling the cauldron allows a player to secretly peek at a single tile. A magic wand lets the player flip a tile faceup for everyone to see before returning it to the same position facedown. After searching for a matching tile pair, whether successful or not, the player must move the clock hand forward one hour. If the team finds all of the matches before 12 o’clock, the players win. But if the clock reaches midnight, everyone loses.

There is a Magic Variant of the game that can be introduced once players are ready for more of a challenge. Four special tile