Cross Strike is a new bean-bag-toss game for everyone

Cross Strike is a new bean bag game that inspires you to knock the planks to the right colors. Just set up and get throwing. It’s portable and fun for all ages.

Corn Hole, or corn toss, is a lot of fun. It’s excellent for barbecues, beach days, you name it. But it’s not exactly what I’d call portable. Sure, the bean bags aren’t heavy but the boards, well, they can be tough to lug around, especially if you have real wood boards. Allow me to introduce you to Cross Strike. A new bean-bag-type game that’s much more portable. It tests your hand-eye coordination, accuracy and strategy as you aim to score points for your team — just like Corn Hole. How do you play it, though? Easy! You throw the bean bags to hit the planks and rotate to the correct color, your team’s color. It’s so simple, you can play it three different ways without changing boards.

You can play as Red versus Blue, match — using the included cards — or a warlike mode. It comes with six bean bags, three per team, and a deck of alternate game play cards. The entire set fits into the truck of a car, so you can take it with you to the park, beach, or friends and family get-togethers. Shoot, if you do have a portable Corn Hole set, you could even throw both into your trunk and bring them both to play.

What makes Cross Strike so much fun?

Honestly, what makes Corn Hole so much fun? I don’t really know, it’s something about the formula and Cross Strike is very similar. You throw your bean bags at the planks and use your aim, accuracy, and god-given talents to knock it to the right color. It’s a lot of fun, especially when you’re in good company. The suggested playing age is 8 and up, but I would play this with my children, one of which is 6 years old. He plays Corn Hole all the time and is great at it. Plus, the entire set weighs about 13 pounds, so it’s really not too heavy. That speaks to the portability of it all, because who doesn’t want to play some games during a barbecue or park day?