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HOOKS! Game Modes

Never the same game twice.

Every way to play HOOKS!: head-to-head, four at once, dice, cards, and games that run on your phone. Pick one and go.

Play it on your phone

The phone runs the board. Any HOOKS! works: XPLR, QUAD or CORE. You still have to land the ring.

Detonator

Each of you hides bombs on the grid. Cross it without stepping on one. Play now

HOOKS! Party

Four players, one QUAD, a party board on the phone. Land rings to move, win minigames for coins, buy crowns. Play now

Sink the Fleet

Hide your ships. Land a ring to take a shot at theirs. Sink them all. Play now

Surströmming

25 cans. Some are stinky. Miss the ring and you open one. Play now

Tic Tac Toe

Land rings to claim squares. Make a line before they do. Play now

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Phone games

The board is on your phone, so these play on any HOOKS!: XPLR, QUAD or CORE.

2players XPLRCOREQUAD Detonator Each of you hides bombs on the grid. Cross it without stepping on one. On your phoneAdult version 4players QUAD HOOKS! Party Four players, one QUAD, a party board on the phone. Land rings to move, win minigames for coins, buy crowns. On your phoneBig groupsAdult versionNeeds Optional, for the table games: cups, coins, ping-pong balls, a spoon, pen and paper 2players XPLRCOREQUAD Sink the Fleet Hide your ships. Land a ring to take a shot at theirs. Sink them all. On your phoneAdult version 2+players XPLRCOREQUAD Surströmming 25 cans. Some are stinky. Miss the ring and you open one. On your phone 2players XPLRCOREQUAD Tic Tac Toe Land rings to claim squares. Make a line before they do. On your phone

XPLR games

Played on HOOKS! XPLR and its Shot Ladder®. The ones tagged CORE work on HOOKS! CORE too.

2players XPLR Chase Two ladders, two pieces, one catches the other. Needs shot ladder 2players XPLR Cup Off Three cups on the ladder and you are defending your side. Adult versionNeeds travel shot glass set 2players XPLR Hot Potato Thirty seconds on the clock. Don't be holding it when the timer goes. Adult versionNeeds timerNeeds travel shot glass set 3+players XPLRCORE King of the HOOKS! Two play, winner stays on. Beat everyone in the group to be King. Big groups 1–2players XPLRCOREQUAD Minute Clinic Most landed rings in one minute. Play soloNeeds timer 4+players XPLRCORE Relay Rings Two teams. Everyone has to land one. Big groupsTeams 2players XPLRCORE Roll N' Ring Roll your number, then race to land the ring. Six rounds, most points wins. DiceNeeds two dice 2+players XPLR Run for the Roses One game each, side by side. First to five landed rings. Big groupsNeeds one game per player 2players XPLRCORE Shot & Ladder The classic. Land the ring, push the Scorekeeper toward them, off the end wins. Adult version 4+players XPLRCORE Skol Build a streak together, then don't be the one who breaks it. Big groups 5+players XPLR Stack HOOKS! Two games going round the circle. Don't get caught. Big groupsNeeds two games 3+players XPLRCORE Trivia & Toss Answer first, then you get one throw. Big groupsNeeds trivia questions 2+players XPLRCORE War Flip cards. On a match, the first to land the ring takes the pile. CardsNeeds travel playing cards

QUAD games

Played on HOOKS! QUAD and its Race Grid™. Everyone throws at once.

4players QUAD Panic Rush Most popular One Scorekeeper in the middle and everyone pushing it away. Get it shoved off your side and you lose. 4players QUAD Down and Back Two teams. Take your piece across the Race Grid™, tag your partner, and they bring it home. Teams 4players QUAD Finish First Two teams of two race to the middle of the Race Grid™. Your team wins only when both of you are in. Teams 4players QUAD Frenzy: Last One Loses Four players race to the center of the Race Grid™. The last one to get there loses. 3–4players QUAD Race to the Middle Three or four players start on the edge of the Race Grid™ and race to the center. First one there wins. 4players QUAD Rage Cage HOOKS! Two Scorekeepers chase each other around the four corners of the Race Grid™. Get stacked and you pay. Adult versionNeeds eight small tokens and one big one 4players QUAD Rushing Attack Runner and blocker against two defenders. Reach the end zone. Teams