Are you looking for a family game that is all about the music? Hitster is so much fun and will have everyone singing along even though that’s not the aim of the game!
About Hitster the Music Party Game
Hitster is for 2-10 players 16+ although we played with an 11 year old. The only problem was it was harder for her but she had fun with it.
Play is pretty simple but you do need to download an app and connect it to your Spotify account. You don’t need premium Spotify.
To start the game each player receives a card like the one’s shown below. Each card has a date in the middle of it and a song and artist on it as well. You get one to start your timeline.
I played the role of the DJ. The DJ gets to play as well. The DJ will scan the current player’s card’s QR code with the app and it will call up Spotify and play 30 seconds of the song after you turn your phone over. The player whose turn it is has to identify where in their timeline the song belongs. So if your starting card says 1985 you have to determine if the current song is from BEFORE 1985 or AFTER.
Above you can see me scanning a card. There are also two tokens in the photo. The game comes with tokens for added play but you can play without them. You start with two tokens and you can earn more tokens (up to 5 more) by naming the song title and artist. You can also spend tokens on things such as skipping a song you don’t know, stealing a card or getting a free card.
You don’t have to know the songs to play although it certainly helps. My 11 year old used her knowledge of what music from different decades sounds like to correctly figure out where it goes. The game gets harder the more cards you have.
Hitster the Music Party Board Game is so much fun!
