Card games are a sure bet! If you are looking for an inexpensive gift idea that unites all generations, this is the one for you!
Like every year, the major Christmas toy trends are revealed. For 2024, professionals in the sector are banking on collectible toys, Kidultes games, creative leisure games, licenses with all the superheroes most popular with young and old, educational or construction games, interactive companions …As well as board games. Card games are part of this and the JouéClub store has just revealed the ranking of the best-selling games, the week of November 11 to 17, 2024.
In its top 10 are, in 10th position, the Xtreme Beyblade combat set, in 9th position the interactive plush My Baby Monkey from Moose Toys, preceded by the toy of the year, the radio-controlled Gecko from Spin Master. Vtech places 7ᵉ, with My secret Magiclocker Kidi locker. As for the Disney version of Bitzee, which was voted toy of the year last year, it placed 6th in the ranking. Bandai’s Tamagotchi comes 5th, Atelier des Fluos 4th, Lego Stich (3rd), Clementoni’s Atelier des Stylos (2nd) and in first place, the Skyjo Black Rock Games card game.
This game has been a real success in France since it was put on the market in 2021 and it retains its leading position. “For the Christmas season (October to December), we should sell around 40,000. For the entire toy market, more than 300,000 pieces will be sold in France“, confirms Franck Mathais, spokesperson for the JouéClub brand.
The reasons for this craze? Skyjo brings together the whole family, all generations combined, and sells for 15 euros. “At home, we play with the children, parents and grandparents! Lucien, our 91-year-old great-grandfather, is even unbeatable at this game!” tells us Johanna, mother of three children who are already Skyjo fans. A strategic card game, which works on memory, with a bit of “luck” all the same. Players will also have to calculate the numbers displayed to obtain the fewest points possible.
How to play it? Between 2 to 8 players can participate in a game of Skyjo, the objective of which is to have the fewest points against you. Each player must lay out their cards in columns and only turn over one card at a time each turn. He then has the choice of replacing the drawn card with a higher card or putting it back on the table if it is not interesting. If the card is too large (up to 12), the player has every interest in getting rid of it, unless he keeps an entire column which he can then eliminate once complete (a row of 12 can be put at the disposal). garbage can). But at your own risk, because the first person to estimate that they have the fewest points on the table stops the game and the number of points remaining in their possession will have to be counted. Of course, cards 0, -1 or -2 are the ones to draw… So, it’s up to you!
