What is hoy?

Hoy is a simple bingo like game to play in groups from 2 people upwards. The idea is for someone to match all their cards with the dealer to become a winner.

Who can play hoy?

Anyone of pretty much any age could play as most people with recognise it as a bingo type game.

It’s a good game play with older people in places such as care homes, care centres and gatherings as an afternoon activity which could take a couple of hours.

It’s also great for preschool children and young school children getting them to recognise the numbers, colours and shapes. Especially if you use a giant pack of playing cards which they would be able to see from a distance.

What's needed to play Hoy

All you need to play is

• A pack of standard playing cards
• Our Hoy Game Sheets printed (we recommend laminating these sheets so you can use them over and over again)
• 9 markers (tiddly winks / counters) for each person playing

How do you play hoy?

The person in charge of the activity needs to give each player a Hoy Game Sheet and 9 markers

You need to decided if you are giving the players a chance of winning on a single line in any direction or if your are just playing for a full house of all 9 cards

The dealer then takes their pack of cards and turns a card over one at a time calling that card out to the group

If any player has that card on their Hoy Sheet they put a marker on that card.

The game continues until a player gets either a 3 in a line of a full house where they then need to call Hoy

Request your own Custom Hoy Game Sheets

If you would like your own custom designed Hoy Game Sheets, we can do custom sizes, colours and logos.
Please email us at info@hoythegame.com with your requirements to we will get back to you.