Dutch Blitz: Expansion Pack, Use Expansion Pack Alone or with Original Deck to Play with 2-4 Players, 4 New Card Colors, Fast Paced Fun for Everyone, for Ages 8 and Up

Dutch Blitz is a favorite party game of mine, good for fast, frenzied fun in a group. It's very similar to Ligretto and Nerts/Pounce/Racing Demon/etc., with a few rules differences and the graphic design of the set to differentiate itself from the others.This expansion pack can be played standalone for up to four players, or combined with the original Dutch Blitz (in the green box) to accommodate up to eight. Each of the two packs comes with four decks of 40 cards, in four colors numbering 1-10. The backs of the decks help differentiate them into individual players' decks for the game, and make it easier to sort and score at the end of a round. The faces are brightly colored, with large easy-to-read numbers, and include figures of boys and girls to help mark the "suits" for stacking.The gameplay is frequently chaotic as players race to stack cards in the center of the table in number order, while trying to get their own Blitz Pile in front of them cleared out. Points are scored at the end of each round once someone's Blitz Pile is cleared, with players earning one point for each card they stacked in the center and losing two for each card left in their own Blitz Pile. Gameplay goes to 75 total points, which doesn't seem like much until you really get going and find yourself frequently finishing a round with a negative score. The wild swings in scoring, however, keep the gameplay interesting, and allow even players who are far behind in score to suddenly come out ahead.The only real drawbacks to the game are that the boy and girl icons can be hard to differentiate in the heat of the moment until you get used to the game, and that the game packaging opens at one end with a flap like many card boxes, but stores the cards side-by-side in two piles. This can make it difficult to store them without damaging their edges, and cause them to slide against each other while in the packaging and mix up the decks slightly. This is a game that should have had a plastic tray insert to hold the cards in place inside the box.

This is such a fun game to play with friends/family. One pack plays up to 4 players but you can buy an expansion pack that plays up to 8 players. This can very well be a competitive game as it is a very fast paced game. Dutch blitz is very similar to skip bo (or even Nertz or solitaire) due to the sequencing & speed of the game. It’s easy to catch on & enjoyable to play with others. It’s worth the price.

I bought this pack and the original when there was a sale. I thought it would make a great gift but ended up taking it out of my "gift" closet one night when my adult kids and a few others were sitting around. I was very skeptical because of the name of the game and didn't think it would be that big of a hit. I WAS SO WRONG! This game is a blast! It's the first thing we want to do when we get together as a family and I can even just invite my kids over to play and we have so much fun! I would imagine that this game would be fun for anyone 8 yrs old and up. VERY fast moving but an entire game does take a few hours. Having said that it is easy to set a time limit and cut it down to 15, 30 or 60 minutes. I am sure this will be a lifetime favorite for my entire family!!

Our family got introduced to this game 4 years ago & loved it. The speed of this game makes you have to think fast. We have the original set but needed the second set so more people could play at one time. Highly recommend.

Dutch Blitz has always been my family’s game, going back to our weekly Thursday night game nights. It’s been a constant companion on camping trips, vacations, long car rides, and visits to grandma’s house. As a family of eight, the expansion pack is perfect—it lets all of us join in the fun without anyone having to sit out. However, I’d love to see a secondary expansion pack that allows for 12 players. I know it would be chaotic, but that’s part of what makes Dutch Blitz so much fun! If you’ve got a large group, this expansion is a game-changer.

Super fun, fast paced game!

Our family loves to play this game. This expansion pack adds to the original game (with up to 4 players). The cards don't seem different at first, because the pictures are the same but the colors assigned are different. The expansion pack allows additional players to join in and makes for a crazy fast game!

This is my family's new favorite game. The expansion pack will allow 4 more people to play