MindWare LineUp – Stimulating Memory Board Game with a Great Playing Time and Comical Crime Mystery Suspense for Ages 8 and Up

We've had this game for a over a year now. I still think it's fun. The description can be a bit lacking, so let me try to help. There are several crime scenes on the board. For parents of younger children, there is no need to worry. No actual crimes are mentioned like in the old Clue game. In this game, you basically just imagine that a crime took place, but really, the scenes are just labeled with the place name such as bakery, bank, etc. You are never told what kind of crime took place. The whole point is to roll the dice and travel toward one of the crime scenes. Once you get to that space, you pick up a card and you have five seconds to look at your suspect and memorize his or her face. You then try to travel back to the police station in the center of the board. Once there, you can request a line up. Another player takes your suspect card (guilty) and lines it up with several other cards from the same crime scene location. These cards all look very similar. The suspects may only have subtle differences like an eyebrow shaped differently, hair swooped to the opposite side, differently shaped glasses, and so on. So, even though you think you will remember what your suspect looked like, that's not always the case. After you play this a few times, you do get better at knowing what to look for, and it does get easier to eliminate some of the suspects. Still, there are a few cards that are so similar that it sometimes makes you questions, "wait a minute...was my guy's scar on the left side or right side?" or something like that. There is a bit of increasing difficulty as you add more suspects to your line up. You can also delay your line up and go around the board collecting suspects first, then doing all the line ups at once. Of course, for older players, you could make that a standard rule rather than an option, to add more of a challenge. The line up is performed by placing the cards into little plastic stands. On the bottom of the stand, it's marked guilty or innocent. The player who is setting up the line up must be careful to put the opposing players guilty suspect card (the one they memorized) into the correct stand. There is a 3-walled cardboard divider that you can stand up as a privacy guard while you arrange the suspects into the stands. Play continues with more suspects being added to the line up each time, and players collecting new suspects from different crime scenes on the board. Once a player correctly identifies "x" number (I think it's 4), that player wins. It's a pretty simple game and a great way to get young children to focus in one details and improve memory. I'd recommend it for ages 6 to 10 for a pretty level competition, and 6 to adult with the understanding that teens and adults will have a bit of advantage in understanding exactly what to memorize, though maybe still not always remembering when they happen to get a very similar card.

This item shipped faster than what its estimate was which is always a nice surprise. The box it was shipped in fit it snug and zero damage to the product! Phew! The game itself is a lot of fun. I've played it with my son and we had a good time. Directions seems a bit long winded but as soon as you got it down, game play went rather quick.I really enjoyed the concentration aspect of this game, where you must memorize specific facial features/mugshots to convict the right criminal. At first, it was even a little challenging for me because I wasn't certain what to expect. Overall, really fun game, especially to the little ones who have plans of becoming a police officer!

I ordered this game for my 6-yr old as a Christmas gift. I know that the recommended age is"8", but sometimes you take a chance. He was interested for about 10 minutes, but the rest of us (including my 9 yr old) really enjoyed it once we got through the instructions. It really makes you study for differences. It's amazing how very similar the suspects look. And truth be told, I only guessed mine correctly when I was able to draw a "lucky break" card. This does make for great family fun.

I had high expectations for this game. Bought it for a 10 year old's birthday. The concept is fun, but the play was tedious. We had 4 people playing which probably influenced it. The kids lost interest after about 20 minutes and we weren't really close to the end of the game. The detailed differences between the cards were hard/frustrating even for the adults. Next time we play we will try and alter some rules to speed it up.

Loved playing! Kids love it - great family game

Line Up is more fun with 3 or 4 players vs. 2 players ( you want to be able to confuse other players’ memory of the cards, but it’s really difficult to do that with just 2 players because they don’t have to wait long enough for their turn). It is a super fun game otherwise and very easy to learn how to play.

This game is a great equalizer. My 45 brainy husband can play with my 8 year old brainy son and they both have a good chance at winning.The game consists of the following process.-Each payer travels to the scene of a crime. They consist of the warehouse, wharf, car lot, pet shop, a bank, and a bakery.-The player collects a suspect card. Everyone counts to five as the payer studies the card.-The player, on his or her next term, travels to the center of the board. The suspect card is placed in a lineup with 2-5 other suspects with subtle facial differences.-The player has to guess which is his suspect.-The game continues until one player correctly identifies 4 of his or her suspects.My kids got this for Christmas and have played it multiple times. They really like that we can all play together. Everyone has a real chance of winning.

The game is lots of fun and not nearly as complicated as the instructions make it seem. Easy and entertaining.The only downside is the difficulty of the instructions; once you read through them, game can easily be described in less than a minute.A great family game for game nights!!!

It took a little while to get into the game and get going with this.We have lots of games at home, many we play time and time again however, we haven’t got this o it to play again as yet, which I think says a lot.The game was however enjoyable and the concept was interesting, it just didn’t grab my 7 year olds attention.

A fun game that helps exercise memory and attention to detail. My 5-year-old daughter loves it!