Yeti Snowbrawl Review

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One of the great joys of being a parent is crushing my kids at any tabletop game we play. OK, no really, but we do enjoy playing games together. And they are finally getting to the age where we can move past the mindless roll and move or memory games. So when Big Discoveries offered to send over a copy of their latest game to check out, I jumped at the chance. One look at the box and I knew I would have no trouble getting it to the table with my kids.

Yeti Snowbrawl is a dexterity game for 2-4 players that takes about 10-20 minutes to play. My kids are 5 years old and had no trouble picking up the rules.

The goal in Yeti Snowbrawl is to be the first to stack 10 snowballs on your platform. Each turn, you’ll draw the top card of the deck. It will either let you stack 1, 2 or 3 snowballs, or potentially try and mess with one of your opponents. There are cards that let you steal a snowball, flick their stack, or the much anticipated Snowbrawl card that starts a snowball fight.

And that’s about it. There are a few minor rules, like you can only have 5 snowballs on your platform, but for the most part, it’s draw and stack until someone gets to 10.

The packaging for Yeti Snowbrawl is pretty fantastic. One side features a fuzzy abominable snowman with a window in his open mouth, showing the snowballs. I can definitely see this one getting attention on a shelf. The components are pretty solid too, the snowballs are a bit squishy, but have a nice weight to them. My only gripe is that the trays that the snowballs are stacked on are really light, making it pretty easy to knock over a tower.

For the gameplay, my kids picked it up right away. There are only about half a dozen cards and, after a few rounds, they could figure out what