Stare – Fun Game of Visual Recall Where Quirky Image Cards Challenge Players’ Minds – Classic for Adult & Family Game Night

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1. Amber Verified Buyer – 19 June 2024

   Nice game, the pictures seem a little dated.
   

2. JPC19 Verified Buyer – 13 August 2024

   Love this game! I use this to practice visual memory and attention to details with some of my students who have difficulty with those things. So far, it has been very much enjoyed by all of them who have played it – ages 7 – 16. I’ve also played with my 9 year old nephew and his grandparents (in their 70s), and they all enjoyed it too!

   It’s easy to learn how to play, moved pretty quickly, and you can personalize it based on level by adding or subtracting time to stare at the pictures.
   

3. janice Verified Buyer – 1 November 2024

   We love games and this looked like a lot of fun. We liked it, but definitely not our favorite. Can’t wait to try with bigger group
   

4. MP Verified Buyer – 2 February 2025

   The ratings of this game just go to show you how not everyone has the same likes/dislikes. I ordered this game and chose the 1 day shipping because I wanted it here to play with family on New Years Eve. We are all adults, the youngest being 20 and the oldest 59. we all eagerly sat down to play this game. It quite frankly sucked after a very short amount of time and that was a UNANIMOUS feeling!! The cards are not nice clear pictures, rather they look like retro stylized drawings and were mostly old movie fliers, etc. If you are someone who wears bifocals, forget it as there are many small items and often they are not very clearly depicted. Then you get 20 seconds (and we all agreed it wouldn’t matter if you had 2 minutes)to memorize. The part that ruins the whole game are the extremely obtuse, off the wall questions that are asked. Also, you don’t get the answers, so even the person asking the questions has to spend time looking at the tiny picture filled with poorly depicted items to determine if your answer is correct. It took us several hours of laborious, painful play to finish and we all vowed to never play again. So, I am out $30+ Anyone want to buy my slightly used (1x!!!) game for $20??? Yes, I will take a loss, but better than being out the entire amount. Way disappointing!
   

5. Babs Verified Buyer – 4 March 2025

   Overall the game was engaging, I enjoyed it. Moved a bit slow-according to one person who played it but it is a board game and not a fast-moving video/electronic type activity. Some design/flow flaws and definitely made for people who enjoy somewhat of an intellectual exercise. Did not sustain the interest of some of the people who played with me, but others really liked it, so again, it appeals to those with a bent towards challenging themselves intellectually.
   

6. John Verified Buyer – 17 March 2025

   Five stars for fun! This was a Christmas gift that was thoroughly enjoyed by our whole family (two adults, three kids ages 7, 9 and 15). It is certainly not your run-of-the-mill game, which hits you the minute you open the game box for the first time and see the set of image cards. It is so different from other games we have played. Stare at images, ask questions…a completely social and interactive playing environment. The cards are great, and you never know what type you are going to get until you pull your card from the box. Some tell visual stories, some feature wonderful images from yesteryear, and some are just plain interesting to look at. Very amusing and fascinating. We often take quick breaks to stare at the images even after the cards have been played, just to smile a bit longer and catch up on the details we may have missed the first time around. Playing in teams makes the game especially lively since you can debate answers with partners. Just great.
   

7. Barbara Smith Verified Buyer – 21 March 2025

   Well I ordered a third edition new game . I received a used second edition game smelling slightly of mildew. I am sending this back and will not reorder.
   

8. Kelly Connelley Verified Buyer – 8 April 2025

   I bought this game for my collage age son as a gift. The game I bought was for adults, but I do know that the child version of the game is so much fun for the little ones.
   

9. New In Shrink Verified Buyer – 9 April 2025

   Stare is an interesting group/party game that tests your memory under pressure. It made for a funny evening of play with family members and was extremely easy to learn and get going. That said I would be reluctant to recommend it as there isn’t a lot of actual game to be played. The premise of Stare is simple enough; you draw a card and begin memorizing all the details you can about it while being timed with an included sand timer. Once that runs out you roll a die to determine a question you’ll be asked about the picture. Correct answers allow you to move along the score board and roll again for another question about the photo, if you roll the same number or can’t answer the question your turn is over and play proceeds to the next player and repeats. Turns are often incredibly fast and random, question answers are left up to the person asking them so some verify by looking at the picture themselves and sometimes different interpretations can make for a disappointing turn. It can make for some funny disagreements or actual annoyed turns if the answer is not 100% clear, and often times with the 1st edition game it is not. This may be corrected in later editions of the game though. Beyond this play just cycles around your table, the scoreboard is pretty much lost in the background as there is no real feeling of involvement of score mattering, this is a play until you decide to quite game. Also with no player interaction you’re left waiting for your turn but not really knowing what’s going on because you never saw their picture card. These are both pretty big letdowns for the game. I do very much enjoy the artwork on the cards, and the pressure of trying to memorize the most trivial details on your turns is pretty exciting. That excitement just drops immediately after your turn is all. All in all this is an average party game, I’d recommend not bothering to keep score and play this as more of a casual laugh and chat game. You’ll pass the box of cards around more quickly this way and keep everyone a bit more involved.