How do you turn an ordinary game night into a great childhood memory? Add blacklights! The first time I saw the components for Gravity Superstar, I knew I had to make it happen! Granted, we did play in regular lighting a few times first.
✳️Gameplay✳️
In the game, your little Superstars characters are trying to collect stars around this little planet with crazy gravity. You have double sided cards to play which let you make different moves, fall through the platforms or even change the direction of gravity. Your Superstar falls down (a la Ender’s Game) until he lands on the next platform, collecting stars and tokens along the way. Sometimes that means falling off one side of the board and coming back on the other! You get points for the stars you collect, but extra points for the pairs of the same color.
✴️Thoughts✴️
First off, the components are phenomenal! They’re all chunky and neon and look fantastic against the dark board. You cannot see this game on the table and not be interested. They look even better under blacklight (although, a couple of the colors look pretty similar and had to be verified during scoring). He even wore his star pajamas from @littlesleepies for extra starry glow! It made for a great family game night experience!
Components aside, this is such a great kids game! My husband and I both enjoy playing it with my son (and I think my teen will like it when he gets a chance to play). The gameplay is simple but fun and unique in our rather large collection. While you can bump into each other, it does not feel too aggressive to our sensitive young player. The way you use up your cards and pass to reset them feels like good training for some grown up games, which is always a plus. I don’t see us culling this one as the younger kids get older like we will a lot of the “kids” games.
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