Have you had any fun lately? The new and exciting Circle Out! game will challenge both your friends and your family. It will stretch your mind as you look for circles among the triangles.

The next thing you know, they will be asking you where they can get a copy of the Circle Out! game for themselves.

Watch the new Circle Out! introductory video on YouTube created by Don Ashley and see why your friends and family will enjoy playing Circle Out!.

Make sure to return here after watching the video to explore the Circle Out! website. There are many ways to play Circle Out! and many interesting aspects to the game that you won’t want to miss out on.

Circle Out! is destined to become one of the world classic games that your circle of friends and family will enjoy playing for years to come.

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“When the inspiration came for Circle Out!, it was so compelling that I could hardly stop thinking about it. It mandated all of my time and attention and that year of my life flowed around its development.”

– Joseph Lytle, Game Inventor

What is Circle Out?

Circle Out! game is one of the great modern classics. It calls upon parts of your brain that rarely get much exposure. For this reason, little children can often gain an advantage over adults who are just beginning to learn the game. Playing the game is an excellent visual memory exercise. Circle Out is filled with strategy – and winning is never a simple matter of chance.

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Play Circle Out!

When you see the game cards you are likely to be surprised. The “circle” aspect of the game is all abstract. Each card has two features – a top and bottom triangle of different colors. Circles are formed by connecting cards of the same color together: red to red, blue to blue etc. until the same color connects the chain of cards together at both ends. Bottom Triangles only link to Top Triangles and vice versa.

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A Background in Economics

People ask all the time about where the idea for Circle Out came from. The answer, surprisingly, goes back to economics. Here is Joseph’s story:

“The idea for Circle Out came to me in January 2008. I was thinking a lot about what would happen if the US dollar failed. How could we buy or sell anything? I concluded that it would be back to the old trading system – which isn’t very good. I wanted to figure out a better trading system that could be used if there was ever a crisis.”

“I thought, ‘What if I have Apples and need Pears and my neighbor (that I would like to trade with) has Pears, but needs Peaches (not apples)? My neighbor won’t trade with me, but if there is a third person who has Peaches and needs my Apples then we can make a deal among the three of us.”

“To explore my idea further, I started cutting up index cards to represent people. Each card had two colors that represented something to trade for and something to trade away. From there I realized that the concept of ‘Circular Trading’ could be made into a game.”