Create an instant party with HITSTER, the music card game of the century!
Listen to over 100 years of amazing hits, take turns arranging them in chronological order on your music timeline and create your trip down memory lane.
The first player to collect 10 hits is crowned the HITSTER
HITSTER is the perfect game for an evening with lots of laughing, singing, dancing and sharing memories. Simply open the box, scan a song card and let the music do the rest to create an instant party. So what are you waiting for?
How to play
1. Pick a music card and scan the QR code with the free Hitster app to automatically play it in Spotify
2. Guess when the song was released by placing it in the right position of your music timeline.
3. Flip the music card. If correct, you keep the music card to build your timeline.
Tip: add the Hitster tokens into the mix for an even more exciting game
Features:
- With more than 300 of the greatest hits HITSTER will create an instant party for everybody…guaranteed!
- Everybody is invited for the HITSTER party! Super easy rules and no game set-up gets the party started in no-time. Simply scan a card with the free Hitster app and the music starts playing automatically in Spotify, isn't that cool?
- HITSTER is the music game in which you don’t have to be a music expert. Simply guess if a song was released before or after other songs in your music timeline. The futher you are in building your timeline the more challenging it becomes. Your chances of winning increases if you can also name the artists and song titles.
- Are you craving to show of your music knowledge? Play HITSTER with the Pro rules or even Expert rules in which you have to know the exact year, artist and song title.
- Fancy a less competitive trip down memory lane? Then HITSTER can also be played as one team or by yourself
—description from the publisher
- Accessible party game
- Music-driven mechanic is engaging
- Reasonable price for a party title
- Requires QR scanning and possibly a device/app to trigger music
- Music cues and memory-based ordering
- Party/social setting with music and timing
- Light, competitive party game
- Hitster (Marmic version)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Pattern/sequence placement — Players place cards in a time sequence based on music heard after scanning QR codes.
- Real-time validation — Players check if the order is correct after scanning; the lead attempts to fit cards into the correct ring sequence.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a simple party game where you're trying to get rid of all your cards
- The price (€22) is a good price
- In flip tunes, you're doing exactly that. You're flipping tune cards one by one until you have six.
- Scout is a simple card game where you need to get rid of all of your cards, but you can only play out cards if you create combinations.
- That's not a hat. It's a board game.
- globus.
- Sea Salt on paper, you are collecting cards.
References (from this video)
- Engaging for music lovers
- Simple, upbeat and interactive
- Requires smartphones / streaming access
- Music licensing nuances could affect accessibility
- music trivia and sequencing
- Music-themed party game for fans
- light, party-driven interaction
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- ordering and guessing — Players place songs in chronological order and may earn bonus points by identifying artist/title.
- QR code integration / streaming — Scan a QR code to connect to Spotify and play a snippet of a song.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- This is such a fun partner game building with Legos.
- Code Names works in a big rockus party setting, but it also can be a very tense fun game between multiple couples trying to outwit the other person.
- Hitster is a party game for the music lovers on your list.
- I love a party game that can make me laugh more than my favorite comedy movie.
- JibberJab is one of those party games that's hilarious as it falls apart, but it's also so fun because sometimes it can be saved.
References (from this video)
- easy transition from party games
- accessible entry point for mixed groups
- limited depth for longer sessions
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- party word/guessing mechanic — players engage in a social, party-style guessing experience with simple round-by-round play
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I play video games to escape.
- Word Slam is a party game that I think should be up there with Code Names.
- If you are being judged by others for your passion, just try to ignore it.
- I think with the right people, I could definitely have an amazing time.