The box is small, and this is understandable because inside there are just a deck of cards. 100 of them, numbered from 1 to 100. Each card is unique. You will also have level cards, from 1 to 12, life point cards and shuriken cards (or “star” following the interpretations). And that's it (well there are also the rules of course, otherwise you must immediately notify your dealer).

Oliver Freudenreich's illustrations are clearly minimalist. Strange (does it look like a rabbit straight out of Donnie Darko?), but really sober and abstract. We could even believe that the art is a little too light. Yet, it works. After all, that's not why we bought this game. This almost non-existent illustration makes the readability better (to the detriment of a potential immersion).

Now let's focus on what interests you the most... How do you play it?

The rules are extremely simple and fit on a small sheet of paper included in the box. The Mind is played by 2 to 4 players and is a cooperative game. Everyone wins or loses together. A bit like a the game, “The Game,” you must play sequences of numbers in ascending order according to the cards you have in hand. There is no order of the turn per se, everyone plays when they think that they have the next card in this sequence. But beware, you can only play one card at a time. So, if you have twenty-two and twenty-three, you will have to first put one down, then play the other from your hand. Which of course can give another player time to play something else in between. At the beginning of a level, each player receives as many cards as the level value. In other words, in level one you will receive a card; level two, two cards... For now, everything is straightforward, nothing foolish or original.

When you are able to complete a level, that is when all players have managed to get rid of their cards, depending on the level, you will win a bonus: a new life, a new shuriken, or nothing.

Too simple? Ah, but I did not tell you about the specificity of the game. It is forbidden to communicate. Yes. No words, no gestures, no mimes, no foot movements, no blinking the numbers as you have (if you have the 100 it must be tiring I guess) ... No, nothing , Nada, Rien, you do not speak! Even worse than Hanabi. There, it is not funny anymore. Well, it can be funny, but in other ways.​

The goal of The Mind is not so much to win as to overcome this handicap, this imposed silence between players. It can be disturbing in your first game, you will be jumping, hesitant and surprised. Once the rhythm is taken, everything will become fluid, tense and fun. Because yes, getting past the potential frustration that can occur in many people, you will eventually let yourselves be transported by this playful other plane of existence.

Example of a turn: Level two, in my hand I have a three and a sixty-six. The round begins, I logically say that I must play the three very quickly. So, I put it on the table without hesitation. And “boom”, there is the drama. My partner had the two. We lose a life less. So now, I hesitate. I have just the sixty-six left. I tell myself that I have time. I wait. Nobody plays. The third player after a while launches the seventy, telling himself that because everyone waited, the numbers were necessarily high. And “boom”, a second life gone.

The Mind is a game apart. Certainly not the best game of all time, but for the party game category it has found its place and stay there for a long time. A fun experience open to all, young and old, players and non-players. Will you be lucky? Are you a budding telepaths? Will you be sure of yourself? Short games, contrasting feelings. What frustration it gives in not being able to control anything, but what a joy when everything goes together perfectly. And the crazy laughs when it goes into a spin. For some of you, you’ll take to the game right away. For others the magic will never work.​

​Technical Score 5/10
Nothing extraordinary, everything is simple but functional.

BGG Score 8/10
(Very good game)
For me, magic has transpired. Fun, fast, simple. It's a pleasure to play with the right people.

Combined Score 6,5/10
And now it's over to you…
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Can't Stop is a game that is almost as old as my wife. 38 years ago, this game hit the store thanks to Parker Brothers. A game driven by the luck of dice but leaves you feeling that you have control...until you literary "CAN'T STOP!!!"

Players can climb up to ten mountains. Each Mountain has a value that you can get by adding two dice together. Players roll four dice and pair them up. They can move three mountaineering teams on three of the ten mountains but will need the results of the dice to correspond with the number of the mountain they are climbing. If with the dice you have the same value as the mountain your team is climbing, you can advance them. If you can not advance any of them, the fall off the mountain and restart from their last camp.

Ending your turn is your choice. If you stop before your teams fall off, they will set up camp. Therefore saving their progress. 

A very simple concept that evolved in the days when Yahtzee was the only other dice game. And unlike it's predecessor, is still a great deal of fun. Although the Yahtzee mechanism has 
​been implemented into many game since King Of Tokyo hit the market, there are none that have this addictive dice rolling. Making Can't Stop unique and great fun for all.