Recycled Hoy Game

Yes, I have played in large group of ten without a play sheet due to CoVID. I give each resident 5 cards which they display on a chair in front of them as a table surface. I show a large card & also announce it, if they have the card, they raise it or say “ I have it!”. First to get rid of all 5 cards is the winner. I am finding chap stick & small hand cream well received prizes.

My Residents in High Care love Hoi I usually use large print cards but I will give this one a go as well too. I may even try to print out a set of the larger size for some of our Residents. I sometimes have the same problem as Susan,these residents I usually sit next to me so I can help them. Thanks once again Golden Carers I have been using a lots of your programed activities for years.

We played this this week and was a great success. I used playing cards to cover the card sheet. We also have trouble with 8 & Ace. I spell Ace and say the number 8.

Oh and made the mistake of printing in black & white first off. Haha.

I too play this but we use 13 cards and turn them over as called. I also use normal size cards and larger cards for those with sight impairments. The cards I use to call out are quite large I got them from KMart, I also show them the card as I call it for the hearing impaired. I use the aces and call it the one of hearts etc.

Hi Everyone,

I love this game but shouldn't every card be different otherwise everyone would be calling 'hoy' at once.

I could only find one card in the instructions. Am I missing something? I can be a bit vague!

Love the site.

Margaret

Hi guys,

We too play this game however I put the sheet landscape and have 3 of each suit.... I also make sure the suits are in rows of the same suit to make it easier to find eg... A row of spades, then hearts, then clubs then diamonds. These rows run vertically

Put Hoy on my program this week. On seeing it one resident & her family not knowing what Hoy was looked it up in the dictionary - we had a good laugh - that made my day before we had even played the game. The residents really enjoyed playing this game. Thank you for the idea.

Lyn

6 July 2014

I deal out 6-8 cards to each resident and if theirs is called out, they throw it into the middle of the table until they're all gone. We tried turning the cards over but they kept turning them back again! Nice easy game and we keep going until they've all won!

Ran this game off, very well received by clients! Thank you!

We play Hoy as well. I have 'lines' top, middle, bottom - 4 corners.This can make it more fun as the residents get more prizes.

Helen from Regis Yeronga, Brisbane

We have a weekly game of Hoy. We too remove the ace's. But we only use 8 cards. 2 from each suit, but 2 of the cards must be high cards eg. King, queen or Jack. None of the cards can be the same number. So all cards are different numbers or high cards. Once all cards are turned over the winner gets fun size Milky way and the diabetics we give a sugar free chocolate bar too. Our residents very much look forward to the game.

Hi Robyn,

I leave the aces in but when i call it out I say eg: ace of hearts I will say ONE heart. So if you wish to leave them in just say one instead. But your way is probably easier especially for high care.

I have taken the aces out of the pack as ace and eight can sound the same and residents sometimes get confused.

We play Hoy each week. But when we do it I hand out 15 cards (amount can change) to each player. When their card is called out they turn the card over until they are all turned over.

Dianne