Heist is a cooperative game for 2-4 players. In this game, your team has been challenged to break into a safe filled with $50 million dollars in 5 minutes or less. You have to work together as a team to pass tools and push buttons to collect the money and open the safe.
Gameplay Overview
Setup
- If this is your first game, install batteries (3xAA) in the safe.
- Make sure the gold bars are inserted into the top of the safe.
- Put the safe in easy reach of all players.
- Give the money to the “Moneyman” who should separate it into stacks by value.
- Spread the tools around the safe within reach of the players
How to Play
When your team is ready, turn on the game using the on/off switch on the bottom of the safe. Next, each player should push the button for their role when prompted. Then, choose your game level (level 1 is obviously the least stressful and a great place to start.)
Throughout the game, the “boss” (voice coming from the safe), will tell players what actions to take. The actions are:
- Get – The announced player should get the required tool
- Pass – Pass the tool to the announced player
- Trade – The players who have the given tools should swap them
- Use – This is when you push a button. Push the button if you have the tool which was announced
- Everybody Press Your Buttons Now – means…everybody press your buttons
- Grab – take the amount of money described.
As the “boss” calls out the actions, your team should listen carefully and follow the directions. If you make too many mistakes, you will first get a warning. Then, if you make another mistake, an alarm goes off and a police siren will sound.
If your team plays the game well, the safe will pop open and the gold bars fall out onto the table. If you play a perfect game, your team will collect all $50 million dollars!
The Dad Review
Pass the drill, pass the goggles, pass the laptop, pass me the grey poupon…what? Just kidding. Everyone press the button, congratulations you win!
Kids will love this game, parents will want to play it. With that combo, this game is a perfect family game. This game is fully interactive. Everyone that plays is involved. You pass plastic tools around according to what the voice tells you and then at some point you hit a button if you have that specific tool. When you have accomplished all of the tasks, you break into the vault and gold bars explode out of the top of the game to tell you you’ve won.
This game also has different levels of difficulty which make it addictive to those who want a challenge and makes the game less monotonous. This game may not hit the table every game session, but is a game adults and especially Maci’s friends will want to play a lot. I could also see this game getting taken over by a group of adults for a fun night of yelling at each other, while pretending to be real criminals on a heist.
I rank Heist 8/10, at under $20 this is a keeper, but wouldn’t pay more.
The Mom Review
Heist is super fun! This is a game you could play with people who don’t really love games. It would be fun at a party, or even to help a bunch of kids play together.
As a teacher, I absolutely love that it really works on the player’s listening and attention skills. If you are going to successfully rob a bank and get lots of money, teamwork and listening are essential, right?
The key to making this fun is to not become too worked up over other people making mistakes. If you are super high-strung and prone to yelling at a family member that makes mistakes, maybe this isn’t the right game for you.
I give Heist a 9/10 for some great family fun!
The Kid Review
I love Heist. It’s a little stressful with the beeping noise and time running out but it’s really fun. I love all of the jobs except the money man because that puts extra stress on me because the Money Man has to play like everyone and ALSO gather the money. I love passing the items and hitting the button when I have the item. By the way, the last level level 5 is really hard. I also love the setting which is trying to steal a lot of money and I like that if we complete the game little gold bricks fall out of the box.
In conclusion I will rate this game 9/10! The only reason I give this game 9/10 is the stress (otherwise it would be a 10/10).
Overall Impressions
We like the game The Heist. We don’t play it every day, but when we pull it out, we always have a great time! Overall, we give The Heist 9/10.
Pros
- Not too long, not too short. Insert Boys to Men song.
- Not too difficult, not too easy.
- Different levels of difficulty, making it challenging for those that want a little more.
- Gold bars exploding for winning adds to the fun
- Interactive box with voice adds to the theme.
- The price as of this review is only $13.
- Adults and kids will enjoy this.
- Looks like a toy, drawing in the younger kiddos and some adults.
- Easy setup
- Easy to learn
Cons
- Not a game you’re going to play all night, could out live it’s welcome after playing too long.
- Overly competitive alpha gamers could take over and be bossy, stressing people out.
- Needs batteries. Not a huge deal, but most games don’t.
- Younger kids (5-6 year olds) may need an adult to help facilitate the game.
- Adults may enjoy this so much that the kids don’t get a chance to play.
- Wish the pieces were painted different colors (to help distinguish one from another) and had a game mat to show who’s who in the game.