# That's Not a Hat

That's Not a Hat is a board game for 3–8 players. It plays in 15 minutes and is meant for ages 8 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 5. It is rated 7 out of 10 by 71 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $10.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 3–8 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 15 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 8+
- **Complexity:** 1.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2023
- **Categories:** Party Game, Bluffing, Card Game, Memory
- **Mechanics:** Memory
- **Ludoya rating:** 7 out of 10, from 71 reviews
- **Owned by:** 208 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1,163
- **Unique players:** 1,126

**Designers:** Kasper Lapp

**Artists:** María Paolo, Easy Draws It

**Publishers:** Ravensburger

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Atomic Empire | 10.99 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/329025 |
| Miniature Market | 10.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/thats-not-a-hat-rvn20955.html |
| Rampi Games | 10.7 € | https://www.rampigames.com/juego-de-mesa/thats-not-a-hat/ |
| Spelexperten | 89 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/familjespel/thats-not-a-hat-swe.html |
| Travelling Man | 6.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/thats-not-a-hat |
| World of Board Games | 109 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/similo-spookies |
| Ludifolie | 9.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/15611-that-s-not-a-hat.html |
| Hyggeonkel | 79.95 kr | https://www.hyggeonkel.dk/produkt/thats-not-a-hat |
| Get Your Fun | 11.99 € | https://www.getyourfun.it/019104-that-s-not-a-hat-party-game.html |
| TLAMA games | 299 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/to--ne-chces/ |
| Alphaspel | 139 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/298033-thats-not-a-hat-se |
| La Gameria | 12.5 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/that-s-not-a-hat-16615.html |
| Homoludicus Granollers | 13.95 € | https://homoludicus-granollers.org/thats-not-a-hat |

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## Rules questions

### If I accept a gift, do I keep the new card or do I have to give it away?

You keep the new gift in front of you and must give away your "old" gift (the card closest to you) following the arrow on the back; if it’s your first time giving a gift you flip your old card face down before passing it (page 4).

### Can I look at a card once someone has flipped it face‑down and passed it?

No — once a gift card has been flipped face down, no player may take a peek at it (page 4).

### If I refuse a gift, do I have to correctly name what’s under the card?

No — when you refuse by saying “That’s not a ___,” you do not have to correctly identify the gift; you simply flip it over to check (page 5).

### Who takes the penalty when a gift is refused, and what happens next?

Whichever player was wrong (the giver or the receiver) takes the revealed card face up into their personal discard pile as a penalty point; that penalised player then draws a new gift and must give that new gift away immediately following the arrow (pages 5 and 9).

### When does the game end and how do we decide the winner?

The game ends when one player reaches 3 penalty cards in their personal discard pile; players total their penalty cards (each counts as 1 point) and the player with the fewest penalty points wins (page 10).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/thats-not-a-hat)
- [That's Not a Hat in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/thats-not-a-hat)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/375651)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-18. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._