Operation (2005)

About this game

Ostensibly a travel-version of Operation, this game has players drawing point cards and sliding the appropriate named discs through the patient using the familiar contact-buzzer. However, the pieces are not gripped and removed, but are slid from the sides of the game board (at the patiences hands/feet) into an exit slot located in the centre (the patient's abdomen). Points are counted from the cards based on which pieces could be moved without sounding the buzzer.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.0/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 4 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.