Connect is a fast-paced association game where everything happens in your head and in just a few seconds. Observe, react, attempt the perfect connection with another player, and be the first to get rid of all your cards.
🕒 Rules explained in 1 minute
👥 For 3 to 8 players, ages 8 and up
1️⃣ Shuffle the cards and deal 5 cards to each player.
Place the remaining cards face down in a draw pile in the center of the table.
2️⃣ Any player may start:
3️⃣ The other players search for a connection using their own cards.
The fastest player places a card and announces their word.
4️⃣ The two players count “1, 2, 3” and then say at the same time a word that links their two words.
✅ Same word said
→ Both cards are discarded.
❌ Different words said
→ Both cards are discarded, each player draws 1 card.
🔄 The game continues:
Any other player may start a new connection.
(The two players who just connected cannot start the next one.)
🟡 Block (yellow)
After a “1, 2, 3”, play a Block card to try to say the same word as both players.
🔴 Fail (red)
Play this card before the “1, 2, 3” if you think the connection will fail.
The first player to get rid of all their cards wins the round,
but they win together with the player who connected with them on their last card.
That player also discards all their remaining cards.
👉 All other players score penalties equal to the number of cards left in their hand.
After 4 rounds, the player with the fewest penalty points wins the game.
🎉 Fast, clever, and surprising, Connect turns every round into a moment of shared insight… or delicious frustration.
