Alderac Entertainment Group | Point Salad Card Game in English for All Family | Strategic and Competitive Game for 2-6 Players | Collect Groupings of Fruits and Vegetables to Score Points

The game was simple and quick to learn with some subtle strategies without being over complicated.

Amazing quick game!

A very simple & elegant game that sucks you in, whether you're new to gaming or otherwise - easy to play, but takes many plays to master. A bit of a 'puzzle' that works well for any no. of players.My only quibble is the crimson onion cards looking so similar to red tomato cards, so its not ideal in subdued lighting - only needs 6 different colours so why 2 so alike? (BTW I don't normally have colour blind issues.) Also, it seems somewhat overpriced for what's just a pack of 108 cards in an oversized box.

Looks good, simple and easy to learn. But may take a while to get the hang of the less obvious tactics.Lovely box and cards, shame the cards are quite flimsy and I suspect will be prone to bending and folding.Sure it will get well used though.

This review is for Amazon. You need to balance environmental concerns (which is laughable - how are the space trips going?) with quality. See pics. Game cards are in tact so that’s something.

This game has such a ridiculously oversized box. No doubt to make it stand out on the shop shelves, but honestly it makes what could and should be a very portable game, not so portable.The game itself is great. Good for young families up to older gamers as some light hearted quick games. Kids will benefit from some mental arithmetic whist playing. I do feel it should probably should be priced closer to £10 or £12.I have noticed that some of the foreign language versions come in a tin, which I suspect is much more portable and also priced closer to £10. If I need to buy another copy I would therefore consider buying the foreign language copy in a tin. The instructions are online anyway and the text on the cards is minimal - it could be an added bit of fun using the foreign names for the 6 salad items to be fair.

In the lexicon of gaming, the term `point salad` refers to games which have many ways to score points.The designer Stefan Feld is one who has perfected the art of designing games with this trait; have a look at Castles of Burgundy for example.Point Salad the game is therefore a play on words; the game features cards which have one of six different salad vegetables on one side, and a way of scoring points on the other. Each card has a different way of scoring (108 in total). Scoring is typically something along the lines of `player with most cabbages scores 10 points`, or score `5 points for each set of 6 vegetables`.Playing the game is simplicity itself:At the start, 3 columns of cards are available; each column has a pile of cards with their point scoring side showing (see photo).Under each pile are two vegetable cards.On their turn a player may take either one point scoring card or two vegetable cards.The gaps caused by taking vegetable cards are filled from the cards at the top of the columns, flipping them over from their point side to their vegetable side.Once the all cards have gone, players total their points and a winner is declared.Point Salad is possibly the simplest game in my collection, even more so than Kingdomino, but there is still a lot going on. You`ll need to be watching what your opponents are doing and you`ll always be deciding whether to thwart their plans, or forge ahead with your own.The game is over within 15 minutes, although the rules suggest playing the game in rounds.I won`t be doing that; Point Salad is an excellent 15 minute game, but would probably outstay its welcome at 45.I have deducted a star for the quality of the cards, but I always sleeve them anyway, so not too much of a problem.