Exploding Snap

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These are cards for an Exploding Snap game I made for a family Harry Potter party. It is played like the classic game Snap. Every player has their own pile of cards, face down. Players will turn one card over at the same time in a separate pile. When a player sees a match they yell “SNAP!” The player that made the match keeps the piles that are involved in the match. When a player sees the Exploding Snap card and yells “BOOM!”, that player gets all the face up piles on the table. Play until all the matches have been made. The players add up the points in the piles they have earned. Beware, the baddies are worth negative points.

We had a lot of fun playing this. To ensure that we all turned our cards over simultaneously we said “Wingardium Leviosa”. Because of the negative points, we quickly discovered that the player with the most cards didn’t necessarily win.

If you would like printable files of this game, please download them for free at www.RybreadStudio.com/freebies