Published card games
Hands Down
Arxon, 1964
Hands Down is a card game published by Arxon in 1964. It is played with 3 to 4 players, from age 5 and in about 10 minutes.
- players
- 3–4
- minutes
- 10
- years
- 5+
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The box
- Publishers
- Arxon, Hasbro, Ideal, MB Giochi, MB Jeux, MB spel
- Designers
- Marvin Glass, Harvey "Hank" Kramer
- Year of release
- 1964
- Also known as
- Giù le mani! · Handje Klap! · Handjeklap · Slap Happy
About the game
Hands Down is a board game originally created in 1964 by Marvin Glass and Harvey "Hank" Kramer for Ideal Toy Company. Hasbro, Milton Bradley, and Pressman Toy Corporation have published the game over the years. The game is for ages 5 and up. Hands Down is a card game with a speed/reaction component in the same category as Spoons. There is a plastic game unit with different colored hand-shaped paddles to slap on instead of grabbing a spoon.More from Arxon
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- Kerplunk - jeu · 1967
- Puissance 4 · 1974
- Triominos · 1965
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- Attrap'Souris · 1963
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