Today’s Groupon offers a Orchard Toys Red Dog, Blue Dog game for £6.98 .

The Specifics

• Best selling, award-winning game
• Easy first game for very young players
• Can be played in two ways, depending on the age of the players
• For very young players: each player chooses a game board, and all the cards are shuffled and placed face down on the table
• Each player turns over a card, showing it to the other players, and then places it on their game board if it matches one of their pictures
• If it doesn’t match, the card is returned face down to the table, and the next player takes their turn
• Play continues in this way until one person has filled all the spaces on their board, and is the winner
• For slightly older players: the cards are shuffled and placed face down in a pile, and players take it in turn to pick up a card from the top of the pile
• They show it to the other players and it is given to the person with the matching picture to place on their board
• Play continues until one person has filled the card
• The game can also be played as a simple ‘pairs’ game, trying to pick pairs of matching pictures or colours from cards face down on the table
• Features bright, clear illustrations, which young children find very appealing
• Made from durable, thick card
• Suitable for two to four players
• Suitable age: 2 years old and up