Push It is a 2 to 4 player skill game that you can play anywhere with a smooth table. Push your pucks closest to the jack to win!
Push It is a tense game of skill that can be played anywhere. To win, push, flick or judo-chop your pucks so they are closest to the central jack at the end of the round. Sound simple? Well, it is! Find any smooth surface (tables are ideal, and luckily most people have them), whip out your Push It bag, and play with whoever is up to the challenge. The game is quick to learn but hard to master. Come up against a Push It maestro and you’ll soon be put in your place (Warning: friendships can suffer as direct result of Push It). Play Push It either mano-a-mano, 3 player, 4 player or our favourite and most strategic version is two teams of two.
At Push It we want you to unleash your creativity, so there are no long-winded rules or measuring; players have to argue amongst themselves to agree whose puck is closest, or else a ‘Push Off’ tie-break round decides. Only you can tell if that was really ‘cheek lifting’ and not ‘bum shuffling’. It’s all about having your own house rules, playing on different surfaces like car bonnets or pizza trays (tried and tested) and WINNING. So when the pressure is on and you’re going for that extra point (without knocking your opponent’s puck closer), try to remember – it’s just for fun!!
- Light, quick-to-learn party game
- Tactile/feel-based guessing adds a unique twist
- Multiple themes and variants mentioned
- Rules are prototype and not final
- Publisher/designer details are not provided
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Limited Points — First to 10 points wins; correct guesses earn points.
- Pattern recognition — Identify the picture from the features shown on the back of the card.
- points-to-win — First to 10 points wins; correct guesses earn points.
- rapid guessing — The fastest correct guess earns a point and may draw an extra card.
- slap-to-claim — Players touch the front of a card and slap it down when confident, then call got it.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- the game plays 2-6 players with mechanics such as speed matching and pattern recognition
- the back of each card shows the four possible features which could be on the front of the card
- slap the card down and yell out got it
- the fastest player to guess correctly then draws one card from the deck for extra one point
- after one player gets to 10 points that player wins
References (from this video)
- accessible and quick to play
- family-friendly outdoorsy theme
- simple mechanics may limit depth for some players
- hiking and trail navigation
- Outdoors / trail network
- light and thematic
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Choice-driven route planning — Players select actions to progress along trails
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I am indecisive and cannot pick favorites.
- I can't get enough of this game.
- Negotiation is definitely not as bad as I thought it was.
- Cascadia is one of my favorite games this year.