You then shuffle the ninety-eight color cards and set them to the side, being careful to keep them face up to the cards’ graphics. Set up the game by shuffling the twelve arrow cards, which come in four colors, and setting them in a stack on the table. But the addition of optical illusions as a gameplay mechanism is unusual - so how does it work exactly? Illusion is a party game designed by Wolfgang Warsch ( The Mind), in which players attempt to line up cards in order of the amount of specific colors that appear on them. Is there more red on this card than on that one? It should be an easy question - but it’s not when optical illusions are at play.