disclosure: we were sent the item mentioned for the purpose of review and giveaway
As you all are well aware, my nearly eleven-year-old is a very reluctant reader and writer so I have to look at encouraging him in any way possible. We were recently asked if we’d like to look at the Tactic Games Hack my Password, I thought it might just help on both fronts as well as being a bit of fun.
The game is aimed at players aged eight years and over and can be played as a two-player game or in two teams. play times typically lasts for around twenty minutes. Hack my Password comes with a game board, two firewalls, fifty playing cards, two card order tokens, two word split tokens, two question mark playing pieces, two whiteboard markers, a sponge and instruction leaflet.
The aim of the games is to crack your opponent’s firewall and decode their password or be the first player to reach the finish line on the playing board.
Place both question mark playing pieces on the start. Each player picks up two playing cards and creates their password on their firewall based on the prompts provided.
Then encrypt your password and you’re ready to play. Make sure you encrypt each word separately rather than totally jumbling up all the letters and put a mark against the last letter of the first word and first letter of the second.
For an easier version of game-play in Hack my Password you could play without encrypting your password, and we’ve had fun playing both versions. Then place your password hint cards face up on the table for your opponent to see.
Players then take it, in turn, to guess letters in their opponent’s password.
Guess correctly then your opponent lifts the relevant firewall door for any matching letters and you can try to guess the password. If you guess one of the two words then your opponent must tell you.
If you don’t guess correctly your opponent gets to move one space on the playing board.
You do need to read all of the rules for Hack my Password as it doesn’t really explain the use of the word split and card order tokens unless you do. We’d played the first game without making use of these tokens at all. you can move these tokens to different playing positions on the board to raise or lower the difficulty of the game depending on the age of the players.
I do like the idea of having different levels of gameplay to increase the longevity of the game, and Hack my Password is a fun way to get children thinking about their spellings without realising it.
Hack my Password is available from a number of retailers including The Range and is priced at £27.99.
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Christmas is a great time for new games. Looks perfect for our middle child. The levels are helpful to get started.
I would love to battle against my Dad as he always wins this type of thing. I would love to take him on!
I would love to battle with my son, he would really enjoy this game.
I’d battle against my 10 year old son, I think he’d love this and probably beat me!
My son as I think he’d enjoy it and be a good opponent!
I think my 8 year old won would enjoy this! I’d definitely battle him.
I would love to play against my sister and hopefully win she whoops my butt at bored games!
would love this with my son thankyou
I would love to play this with my partner for a real challenge!
I would battle against my son, I think we would both really enjoy it
I would love to play this against my eldest daughter as she likes to think she is the smartest in our family x
I would battle against my nephew, he would really enjoy it!
Sound like a great game, I think my son’s will love to play it battling out between each other
I would love to win this for my children they are very competitive
my son would love to do this and a different challenge to do
I would like to battle against my son, who always beats me…but maybe not this time!
My grandson would love this as he loves playing games
my daughter we just love games and saturday is a regular game night in our house!
I would love to play against my partner as we are both very competitive.
I think my daughter would really like this game
My eldest Grandson Riley because I think he would enjoy this game!
With my son – i think he would really enjoy it!
I would love to play with my niece
My kids would both really love to play this game
My husband because I think it would be a good challenge
Would love to battle against my kids! Looks like great fun
My nephew – think id actually win at this for a change ! Great fun
This is like Hangman for the 21st century isn’t it? Modern children will understand the idea of a hacker much better than a hangman. So I’d love to play with my grandchildren – at 8 and 11 I think it’s perfect for them.
would ove to challenge my eldest son and see if i can beat him
I would love to play my daughter, as she tries to hack to password in real life.
I would like to play my Grandson, he adores words and puzzles
This would be a great game for my son to play with me. He loves a good game!
my son as we are both competitive
Id love to play against my hubby! Were so competitive i think this would be fab!
My other half just because he is so competitvte lol
My son and I would love to battle each other, it’d be fun to see who comes out on top!!
I would like to battle against my grandson and I am sure he would win!
My brother – he hates to lose!!
I’d love to play this with my boy 🙂
This looks cool, I would probably play with my niece
I’d love to play this with my children at Christmas – Sadly, they seem to find technology more interesting but they would love this!
I’d play with my 9 year old son, because he loves puzzle solving
I’d play this against my sister first as she is very competitive and it would be good practice 😀
I’d play this against my sister first as she is very competitive and it would be good practice 😀
I would like to play this against my 13 year old so to try and finally beat him at something!
We love our games nights, so will be playing against family and friends
My son because he’d enjoy it.
My teenage son as he always beats me at games, this would be a fun challenge
The kids (our own and their cousins) would love to battle it out!
I would love to battle against my niece and nephew as I’m sure it will be a fun exciting game.
I’ll play against my hubby, he likes to think he’s good with these types of games, let’s see lol
Bring on the battle with the boys, I say!!
My hubby although I’m sure my girls would enjoy playing against me and their Dad! Its great that there is different levels of play.
I’d battle against my daughter! I think she would beat me though!
Against my cousin, I think he’d really enjoy it
My grandson loves games but also doesn’t much like reading so I would play with him
my daughter, i think she would really enjoy this
I’d like to play against my partner. He’s quite competitive with games so I’d try to beat him just to wind him up.
I’d love to try different generations to see who are the best at the game
Who would you like to battle against in this game and why?
my grandsons because they think Nanny is far too old for this kind of thing lol
I would battle with my daughter and see how long it takes her to strop off
I would play ageist my husband and see if I can beat him!
I’d battle it out with my brother and then my dad to see who is the ultimate champion between the three of us are .Then the two who win could battle it out together.Looks like a really fun game and would be great for entertaining the family during family game night.
Fiancé. He is competitive.
I’d play this with my partner as we are really competitive when playing board games
I would battle against my husband as I get very competitive with board games
my husband, we have a date night saturday nights and we play board games, i love beating him lol
my hubbys 🙂
My son as I need to try and beat him at something
I would challenge my competitive son !!
My son because I love to lose!
My eldest son as he loves games, puzzles and problem solving and trying to beat me at things too
I’d battle against my mum cos we both love this kind of game
This would be great to play with my two teenagers, we love having a new game for family time x
I’d play against my wife, we need some more board games
I’d love to beat (sorry play) my husband at this game. He’s an IT whizz so he’ll think he’d instantly win…. we’ll see!
my niece once we can all meet up again.
I’d play against Daisy. She loves reading and writing stories but her spelling isn’t the best. I’m sure she would benefit from a game like this.
My two children
As he still struggles with spelling after leaving school
I’d love to battle with my son, he’s very competitive
My stepson as he loves puzzles as do I
Would love to play against my nephew, as we are both very competitive
I would love to battle my good friend Toni – as we are both competitive
I would love to win against my husband as he always wins games like this!
I’d love to play with my nephew hes 10 and really starting to get sneaky at board games so I think he would be a good challenge
Battle against my kids and husband
I would love to battle my family!
I’d like to battle against my nephew because he’d get a kick out of beating me!
my 2 children looks a good game
My son because it looks fun
My nieces, they love board games.
I would like to play against my brother and I would hope to win!
My nephew would love this because he likes solving puzzles.
I would love to play against my hubby
My Son, I’m sure he would want to beat me at this!
Against my 2 boys
With my granddaughter. She is as competitive as me and I have never let her win any game we have ever played. Now a teenager she knows if she wins she has really beaten me (happening more and more as time passes!)
My daughter it looks lots of fun
My daughter would really enjoy this game, I would definitely have a fun Christmas playing against her.
I would love to battle against my daughter as it will be a battle of the minds and would be fun.
I would have loved to play against Alan Turing and learnt from a master
I would love to play the game with my sons we all enjoy playing board games
I would like to play against my husband, I’m sure I can beat him!!
I would battle with my youngest, he would lose, definitely
I would battle my little sister Kay she would love this game she loves guessing people’s passwords.
I’d battle against my brother in law as we are both very competitive. When he’s close to losing though he usually changes the rules! 🙂
My best friend , I haven’t seen her since February because we both have high vulnerable in our homes but me and her both love laying board games this looks a great one.
My husband as he normally wins but think I could do this one!
my partner as wed love to start doing family game nights/couple game nights
My son as he is super competitive
I would battle against my son he love this
I’d love to play this with the family at Christmas. It looks like lots of fun, but also seems like something that would engage their interest more than traditional board games.
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my nephew, he loves playing games
This would be perfect to play with the kids at Christmas! My partner has two boys and they love playing all our games!
I would like to play this with my nephew who I think would enjoy this a lot.
I’d love to play against the kids, my daughter gets super competitive.
My 8 year old would love this game and it would help with her spelling too!
My goddaughter and her siblings. I think they would make it fun.
I’d battle against my brother as we’re both super competitive with each other and we are currently tied on points in the family quizzes and I think I could beat him in this one!