- Set-up
- About 2 min
- Reading
- Some
The quick verdict
Full verdict ↓Great for Rainy days and school holidays, when children need to get up and move indoors
Think twice if You want a quiet game around the table; this one has children rushing round the house
How we rate it
Learning curve. Read four clues, find one thing, count the matches. A six-year-old gets it after one turn, so it sits with UNO at 1 on our scale.
Luck & skill. Which four clues you draw is luck, but spotting one clever object that fits three or four of them is skill.
Interaction. Everyone races along the same board, but each search is your own; the rules shown online don't say whether others hunt at the same time.
Set-up. Open the board, put the pieces at the start, shuffle the clue cards and agree which rooms are in play.
Reading. Each clue card is a short English prompt; non-readers need an adult to read them out.
Learning curve: 1 = UNO or Connect 4; 3 = Catan; 5 = a heavy strategy game. These describe the experience, not an overall score.
Is Found It! Board Game right for you?
Great if
- Rainy days and school holidays, when children need to get up and move indoors
- Families with children from 6 who can read short prompts, or have an adult read them
- Two to five cousins at a family get-together
- A screen-free birthday gift for a child of about 6 to 9
Skip it if
- You want a quiet game around the table; this one has children rushing round the house
- Your children are 4 or 5: Skillmatics' card-only Found It! decks are made for ages 4 to 7
- You need a game for a car or train: the board version needs a room full of everyday things to search
How Found It! Board Game plays
Set-up: open the board, put each player's piece (there are five) at the start of the swirl, shuffle the 100 clue cards and keep the timer handy.
- Time to teach: about 5 minutes.
- Reading and language: Each clue card is a short English prompt such as 'something red' or 'something smaller than your head'. Children who can't read them yet need an adult to read the cards aloud, and the prompts are easy to translate into Hindi or any home language as you play.
A turn, step by step
- 1Draw
Pick up four clue cards and flip the timer.
- 2Hunt
Find one object in the room that matches as many of the four clues as you can before time runs out.
- 3Move
Move one space for every clue your object matches; the first player to reach the centre of the board wins.
The full explanation: how a game of Found It! Board Game goes
A turn: pick up four clue cards. They ask for things like 'something red', 'something with a pattern', 'something that does not bend' or 'something that usually comes in pairs'. Flip the timer and search the room for ONE object that fits as many of the four clues as you can.
Moving: you move one space along the swirl for every clue your object matches. Skillmatics' own example is a red scarf that matches three clues and earns three steps forward. The first player to reach the centre of the board wins.
Before you start, agree the house rules: which rooms are in play, that nothing breakable or from the kitchen counts, and who decides whether an object really matches a clue. With younger players, let an adult read the cards and judge the matches.
The rules shown online don't say how long the timer runs or whether the other players hunt at the same time, so check the manual in the box.
What's in the box
- 100Clue cards
prompts such as 'something red' or 'something that does not bend' - 1Game board
a swirl of spaces leading to the centre - 1Timer
- 5Game pieces
- 1Instruction manual
Box: 18.8 × 15 × 3.8 cm, 0.63 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.
Contents are from Skillmatics India's Found It! Board Game page and product data (item SKILL237FBG, barcode 8904279501973); the Amazon.in listing and an Indian store listing add the instruction manual. Skillmatics' international box (item SKILL219FBG) shows the same pieces. The card-only Found It! Combo: Indoor + Travel is a different set: 100 cards in two themed decks with two carry cases, and no board, timer or pieces.
Where to buy
How to make sure you get a genuine copyEditions and the details worth checking.
What reviewers and players say
We found no independent reviews or forum threads about the Found It! Board Game; most of what is online is about Skillmatics' card-only Found It! decks. On paper the board version adds a clever twist: instead of finding one thing per card, you hold four clues and look for a single object that ticks as many as possible, which rewards quick, creative thinking. It gets children up and moving around the house, which suits rainy days and school holidays. The timer length and a few rule details aren't published online, so read the manual in the box first.
What people love
- Gets children up and searching the house instead of sitting still
- Finding one object for several clues rewards creative thinking, not just speed
- 100 clue cards, so the prompts don't repeat quickly
- Little to set up: a board, a timer and a pile of cards
Common complaints
- No independent reviews yet, so it is hard to say how well it holds children's interest over many games
- Needs a room full of everyday objects, so it doesn't travel the way the card-only decks do
- Someone has to judge whether an object really matches a clue, which the online rules don't cover
Based on 5 reviews and discussions
- Reference Found It! Board Game | Smart Scavenger Hunt (ages 6+) (Skillmatics India, March 2022) · Skillmatics India
- Reference Found It! Board Game | Smart scavenger hunt (ages 6+) (Skillmatics international shop, August 2022) · Skillmatics
- Reference Found It! Combo: Indoor + Travel (ages 4-7) (Skillmatics India) · Skillmatics India
- Reference Spanish manuals (Skillmatics international site; card-only Found It! decks) · Skillmatics
- Reference Skillmatics Found It! Board Game (Indian store listing) · Toycra
Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.
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Questions people ask about Found It! Board Game
How do you play Found It! Board Game?
Pick four clue cards, flip the timer and look for one object that matches as many of the clues as possible. You move one space for each clue it matches, and the first player to reach the centre of the board wins.
What is the difference between Found It! Board Game and Found It! Indoor + Travel?
The board game, for ages 6 and up, has a board, a timer, five pieces and 100 clue cards, and you try to match several clues with one object to race ahead. Found It! Combo: Indoor + Travel, for ages 4 to 7, is cards only: two themed decks of clues in carry cases, one clue at a time, and the first to win seven cards wins.
What age is Found It! Board Game for, and how many can play?
Skillmatics labels it for ages 6 and up, and listings give 2 to 5 players, which matches the five playing pieces in the box. An Indian store listing gives about 20 minutes a game.
Is Found It! Board Game made in India?
Yes. Skillmatics' product page gives India as the country of origin and names Grasper Global Private Limited, Skillmatics' Mumbai-based company, as the manufacturer, and Skillmatics' photo of its international box back is printed 'Made in India'.
Can younger children play Found It! Board Game?
Children under 6 can join in if an adult reads the clues and helps judge the matches, but finding one object for several clues at once is hard for them. For ages 4 to 7, Skillmatics' card-only Found It! decks, with one clue at a time, are the better fit.
Game facts
- Publisher
- Skillmatics (Grasper Global Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India)
- In India
- Skillmatics (Grasper Global Private Limited, Mumbai), which makes the game
- First published
- 2022
- Players
- 2–5
- Barcode
- 8904279501973
- Language
- Some English – Each clue card is a short English prompt such as 'something red' or 'something smaller than your head'. Children who can't read them yet need an adult to read the cards aloud, and the prompts are easy to translate into Hindi or any home language as you play.
- Box size and weight
- 18.8 × 15 × 3.8 cm, 0.63 kg
Sources & photo creditsThe references behind this guide.
Facts on this page come from the publisher, the Indian maker or distributor, and the sources below. Photos are credited under each one.
- Found It! Board Game | Smart Scavenger Hunt (ages 6+) (Skillmatics India product page)
- Found It! Board Game product data (Skillmatics India store, item SKILL237FBG)
- Found It! Board Game (Skillmatics international shop, item SKILL219FBG)
- Found It! Combo: Indoor + Travel (ages 4-7) (Skillmatics India product page, item SKILL195FIC)
- Spanish manuals page (Skillmatics international site, rules for the card-only Found It! decks)
- Toycra – Skillmatics Found It! Board Game (players, play time, country of origin, manufacturer)