OuiSi Reviews

This is the prefect game to play with kids! I’m an art teacher and purchased the original Ouisi for my art classes because of all the natural conversation that happen around the elements of art! It takes very little time to explain directions and amazing if you have a competitive kid who doesn’t like to lose, because everyone wins! I’m testing it out with my own kids and they love it! The pictures on the cards invite conversation (including the elements of art and principles of design) and ...

I have purchased all three versions of OuiSi in the past couple months, and this third and final one is so wonderful! I recommend this game for groups, for playing with children (we play it as a meditative activity just before bedtime), or for playing alone. The images are beautiful and mesmerizing. I love that an ephemeral creation comes together every time this game is played. It’s so special. I love this version and the nature edition. I am not enthusiastic about the original version because ...

I purchased OuiSi (original version) to try with my 82-year-old mother who has mid-stage Alzheimer's. Telling her there were no right/wrong answers, I encouraged her to put cards together by color, shape, subject—anything she wanted. Occasionally I couldn't see her connection, but when I asked her about it, she was usually able to tell/show me what she was thinking. Overall, it was a fun and great brain exercise for both of us. After "playing" OuiSi over a few days, Mom was doing so well matchi...

I bought this game to play w my mother who has dementia. On Sundays, we gather as a family, so after lunch, I took out the game. I didn’t know what to expect and was delighted by the interactions it created among our family group that spanned ages: 3 sisters in their 50s, kids ages 11 and 13 years, and parents ages 84 and 93 years. We all had so much fun! And my mom was completely engaged, where as many times she is quiet or checked out. It was our first time, so I’m not sure we even played it “...

Last Christmas we yurt-camped on the Washington (State) coast. The blustery weather didn’t matter when we had each other, craft chocolate to taste-test, and Ouisi to play. We tried the variation where one player looks at the cards and selects a few that match a theme they come up with. The others tried to guess which cards fit that theme and why. How entertaining to learn how others’ minds organize information, and what matters to them. We love games that build connections between people. The ...

Brought to a dinner party with friends. We opened and played it after dinner for first time. We concluded it taught us a lot about the images, loved the QR code to instantly find out what we didn’t know. Loved the free choice, no wrong answer and the the community feel of doing it together. We played by dealing 10 cards each from 1 of the “deck in the box (5 of us) then using the draw pile. You do need a big table to play that many cards and it took awhile to play all of them. With kids, ...

We played with all my 4 grown children, and spouses. Two of the more OCD personality styles, along with the super free and creative personalities. The OCDs wanted the squareness "filling in all positions" to complete the game. We had a blast. 100% recommend this game for all ages. So many different ways to play. My grandchildren 4 and 5 years old love this as well. Such great conversation starters Learning so much about how their brother and sisters way of viewing and connecting each picture. I...

I brought OuiSi to my writing class as an introduction to creating metaphors and similes. After playing for a few minutes, we talked about making matches based on one similarity. Then we talked about how the matches that were the most fun to make didn’t have an obvious similarity, so the match was surprising in some way. It was hard to get the students to stop playing and do the lesson! I feel confident they will take those observations into their writing assignments. With that memorable introdu...

We have a 3 and a 5 year old great grandsons who spend a lot of time with us. They are both highly intelligent although the 5 year old has ADD and the 3 year old is on the autistic spectrum. At first worried about whether they could understand and thought I would have to wait until they were older. I was wrong, they had so much fun. We just played "what looks like this"? And played several times over the weekend. ( I also bought one for my 14, 5 and 7 great grandchildren and have mailed it t...

When you put Quisi in front of a retired 92 year old aerospace engineer, with stage six Alzheimer's, it's all about organization and alignment. After building 3 rows he became the Manager/boss who worked on Nasa's Gemini electronics, Predator missle guidance, The Iridium project (predecessor to Elon's wireless) and Motorola Droid Mobility). I was instructed how to build the forth row. No rules, no right or wrong, just a chance to sit and talk about the tiles and how the visuals look in paral...