And finally there is Fruit Ninja: Combo Party, which comes with a cool little board and a stick. Once again players are using cards to create combos, but this time if two players have the same fruit they can attempt to grab the stick thing in order to score a bonus. That’s how punching happens. I approve.

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The three games are currently the subject of Kickstarter campaign, which launched earlier today and achieved its goal of $10,500 in under four hours, ruining my initial kneejerk “No one is going to want this” reaction. Apparently people want this, and they’re willing to wait until August of 2018 to get it. Fruit Ninja tabletop games. Who knew?