Sonic the Hedgehog: Card Game (Waddington’s)

Original Release: 1994
Developer: Waddingtons
Publisher: Waddingtons
Original Platform: Board Game

A Sonic board game from 1994 from British card manufacturer Waddingtons. The aim of the game is to get rid of all your cards, it’s a bit like a very simplified Sevens.

All the cards are shuffled and dealt between each player. During a turn, a player picks up one card and then works out if they can play it.

Characters cards can be played in the middle of the table, and then the 1 cards can be played on top of them. Further cards must be placed in order. You can also place cards on opponents discard piles if it’s one higher than the visible card.

You continue drawing cards until you can’t play one. If you can’t play a card, you discard it to your discard pile.

You really don’t get much choice over what you can do. As you draw one card at a time, most of the time you have to discard it and when you can play it, you only have one option. It’s very rare that you can actually make a decision in this game. It’s a really poor game.