What You Have•200cards(400questions)at
twoplayinglevels•Instructions
What Else You NeedPaperandpenciltokeepscore.
What You Need to DecideEachtimeaplayerdrawsacard,he/shedecideswhichsideofthecardtouse.Thebluesidehaseasierquestions.
How to PlayEveryonetakesturnschoosingacardandreadingittothegroup.
Ages8toAdultFor3ormoreplayers2Levels
EI-2875IfthereaderselectsaNametheCategorycard,thenhe/sheshouldtellthegroupthatit’saNametheCategorycardandthenbeginslowlyandclearlyreadingaloudtheitemsonthelist.•Otherplayers:Atanypoint,aplayercanshoutoutthe
nameofthecategory.Thefirstpersontocorrectlyguessthecategoryearnsapoint.
•Ifthepersonguessingiscorrect,he/sheearnsapointandtheroundisover!Passthecardboxtosomeoneelse.
•Iftheplayerwhoguessedisincorrect,thereadershouldcontinuereadingdownthelistandanotherplayercantrytoguessthenameofthecategory.
•Theplayerwhoincorrectlycalledoutthecategorycannotguessagainuntilallotherplayershavetriedandfailedtonamethecategory.
•Iftheplayerguessesacategorynamethatisclosebutnotexact,itisuptothereadertodecidewhethertoaccepttheanswerornot.(Forexample,ifaplayersays“TypesofPop,”insteadofthecorrectanswer,“BrandsofSoda,”thatplayershouldearnapoint.However,iftheplayersays“Drinks,”thatanswerisnotspecificenoughandnopointshouldbeawarded.)
IfthereaderselectsaListcard,thenhe/sheshouldslowlyandclearlyreadaloudthecategoryatthetopandthenall10items.•Otherplayers:Listencarefullyandtrytorememberwhatis
readaloud.(Theotherplayersmaynotlookatthecard!)Whenthereaderhasfinishedreadingthelist,anyotherplayermaycallout“List!”andtrytolistthreeitemsthatwerenotonthelistof10.
•Timelimit:Ifaplayercalls“List!”he/shehas15secondstolistthethreeitems.Thereadershouldkeeptime.(SeeHOWTOKEEPTImE)
•Aplayercanlistanythreeitemsthatthegroupagreesfitwithinthecategory(anitemdoesnotneedtobea“PossibleAnswer”listedonthecard).− Iftheplayerliststhreeitemswithin15seconds,he/sheearnsapointandtheroundisover!Passthecardboxtosomeoneelse.− Iftheplayercannotlistthreeacceptableitemsbeforehis/hertimeisuporrepeatsonefromthelistthatthereaderread,anotherplayergetsachancetolistthreeitemsforthepoint.Otherplayerscanuseacceptableitemsalreadylistedbypreviousplayers.
•Ifthereisadisagreementaboutwhetherornotananswershouldbeaccepted,playerstalkamongstthemselvestoresolvetheissue.
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NOTE:ThereaderofaNametheCategorycardoraListcardcannotscorepointsforthatround.However,thereaderofaLightningRoundcardcanstillparticipateandearnapointinthatround.
winning the gameThefirstplayertoearn5pointswins!
TIPSForListcards,assemblealistofthreepossibleanswersinyourheadassoonasyouknowthecategory.Ifyouhearoneofyouroptionsreadaloud,mentallydiscardit,andthentrytothinkofanother.FortheCategorycards,becarefulnottocalloutthecategorytoosoon.Sometimesthefirstfewwordsinthelistwilltrickyouintogivingthewronganswer.IfallplayersarestrugglingwithaListorCategorycard,askthereadertoreaditaloudagain.
How to Keep TimeIfaplayertakestoolongtoanswer,playerscanchant“ReadmyList!”fivetimestocountapproximately15seconds;chant“ReadmyList!”twotimestocountapproximately5seconds.
IfthereaderselectsaLightningRoundcard,thenshe/heshouldtellthegroupthatit’saLightningRoundcardandthenlistoneitemthatcouldbeincludedinthecategory.•Goaroundthetable,witheachplayerlistinganitem
inthecategory.Eachplayerhas5secondstolistanacceptableitem.
•Continuegoingaroundthegroup,witheachplayerlistinganewitemeachtime.
•Whenaplayercannotlistsomethingwithin5secondsorlistssomethingthathasalreadybeensaid,theroundisover.Thisplayerdoesnotearnapoint,butallotherplayersearn1point!Iftheroundendsbeforeallplayershavelistedsomething,insistthattheremainingplayersgiveananswertoearntheirpoint.Passthecardpiletothenextplayertobeginanewround.
Youmaylistamorespecificversionofapreviousitem.(Forexample,iftheLightningRoundcardsays“ThingsyouPractice,”andaplayerlists“sports,”thenextplayermaylist“basketball.”)•Ifthereisadisagreementaboutwhetherornotananswer
shouldbeaccepted,playerstalkamongstthemselvestoresolvetheissue.
housekeeping TIPSReplaceallcardsusedinthegamebehindtheunusedcardsinthebackofthebox.Thatway,thenexttimeyouplay,youwon’trepeatpreviouslyplayedcards.Ifthereareexactlythreeplayers,you’llneedtomixupthecardordersoeachplayergetstobeareaderforadifferenttypeofcard.
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