Cue - a hint or guiding suggestion
Overview:
How well can you describe a color? In Hues and Cues, players will take
turns giving one- and two-word hints to get the other players to guess
a specic color on the game board. Players score points based on how
close they get to the correct color, and the cue giver scores points based
on the accuracy of the guesses.
Components:
• 1 Game Board
• 100 Color Cards
• 30 Player Pieces (3 each in 10 colors)
• 1 Scoring Frame
Set-Up:
Starting the game: The player who is wearing the most colorful outt will be the cue giver for the rst round.
1. Place the board in the center of the play area.
2. Give each player three pieces of the same color.
One should be placed to the left of the score •
track, with the player keeping the other two.
3. Shufe the color cards to form a face-down
draw pile.
4. Set the scoring frame off to one side.
If this is your rst time playing, assemble the scoring frame as shown.
Sliding pieces A and B onto C and D with fronts (side with 1’s) facing outward and Backs (sides with 2’s) facing inward.
Once intact it may be stored assembled in the game box.
PIECE A.
PIECE C.
PIECE B.
PIECE D.
1. Draw a Card
The cue giver draws the top
card off the deck and looks
at it, making sure not to let
any other players see it.
The cue giver chooses one
of the colors on the card to
try to describe with cues.
(Coordinates are included
for each color - this will be
important for scoring).
2. One-Word Cue:
The cue giver gives a
one-word cue to describe
their chosen color.
The word given may be
anything EXCEPT the
following:
•May not be a
common color name
(orange, blue, green, yellow
etc.) but may be an abstract
color name (chartreuse,
golden, lavender, etc.).
•May not refer to the color’s
position on the board or the
letters and numbers.
•May not refer to any object
in the room.
3. First Guess:
In clockwise order, all other
players now take turns
guessing. On their turn,
each player indicates their
guess by placing one of their
pieces on the square
they think matches the cue
giver’s description.
Important! Each color can
only be guessed once.
A color is guessed if the
space contains a piece.
4. Two-Word Cue:
Once all guessing players
have placed their rst piece,
the cue giver now gives a
two-word cue, following the
same guidelines noted as
before.
They may choose to pass on
their second cue or give a
another one-word cue.
(See additional rules.)
5. Second Guesses:
This time in
counterclockwise order,
players make a second
guess by placing their
remaining piece on any
unoccupied space on
the board.
