The Game of SCATTERGORIES
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Toys and Games Reviews of The Game of SCATTERGORIES
Customer Review: A Great Game!
Summary: 5 Stars
Scattergories is a strategic and quick thinking word game that is fun for almost everybody. The age recommendations say 12 years and up, but my 9 and 10 year old boys can play it with out much trouble. Basically Scattergories makes you list as many items that start with the same letter as you can within a three-minute time span. The game has a little twist that if you pick the same answer as any of your opponents it does not count for your score. So it makes it a little harder than just naming items. If your word is too easy, someone else might also get it and neither of you gets the point. Some of the items people come up with are very funny too! This game makes me laugh and I enjoy playing it a lot, which is the only draw back I can think of. After a lot of playing you do start memorizing the cards and remembering what words can go there. It does take you a long time to get to that point and I would not consider that a reason for not buying this game. It is really a great game.
Customer Review: BORING. why can't I give it zero stars?
Summary: 1 Stars
This game bores me to tears. What I really dislike is that you spend about half the game NOT interacting with your friends. You are given an assignment (aren't we done with homework?), and you have to fill out a little form. Gee, that's what I like to do when I hang out with friends, fill out forms. Then you get together and compare answers. What is this, a study group? If someone thinks of an answer you didn't, your reaction will be something like "Hey, good one." Shouldn't games get you more excited than that? If they think of something off the wall, you say, "What? that doesn't make sense." And then they say "Yes it does" "No!" "Yes!" "No!" Gee, I love games that get me in arguments about words. Compare this with games like taboo, guesstures, and cranium. In those, you're jumping around, yelling, laughing, singing, acting, having FUN. Don't buy scattergories.Customer Review: From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.com
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is a modern classic in the world of party games. Players compete to try to fill in a unique answer for 12 different categories per round, all starting with the same letter. It's not as easy as it sounds, but it's loads of fun.
One of the best things about this game is its portability. Due to the fact that there is no central game board, rather, each player has their own little folio with answer sheets, it can easily be played from every seat in the minivan (except the driver, of course). It can make long hours of driving much less tedious. It can be played on airplanes as well, but don't try to bring the electric timer, even if it gets past security (as ticking things tend NOT to), it's loud and slightly obnoxious to other passengers. Instead, steal an old-fashioned hourglass timer from another game (or an hourglass egg timer from the kitchen) and bring that instead.
Customer Review: Great for many types of people.
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this for Christmas and me and my sisters (cometimes our parents join in) always play this. It never gets old!! Even if we repeat a list, we come up with new answers. I disagree with the label "12 and up" because my sisters are 10 and 11 (9 and 10 when we started playing it) and they can do it with no problem. Granted I get more than them, since I'm 15, but they still do great.Anyway, to play Scattegories, first you choose a letter and a list. Say the letter was "G" and the list included "boy names". Well, if I put Gregory, and so did one of my sisters, neither of us would get the point. If someone repeats your answer, you don't get any points. However, say I put "Gavin", Jordan put "Gregory" and Taryn put "Guy", then we'd all get the point. You have to make sure to think outside of the box (don't put the most popular band as an answer, or the city you live in!).
Customer Review: A total blast with some minor flaws
Summary: 5 Stars
If you've never played this game, it's great. Two minor problems keep it from being amazing.
Firstly, there is a lack of instruction. Only one very scant piece of paper is provided. If you've never played the game, it takes a few moments to realize how it all works. That shouldn't be an issue. Board games should be playable out of the box, especially one this simple.
Secondly, the construction of the competition boards (hinged pieces of cardboard which writing clamps snap into) are a bit hard to link to the plastic clamps. My friend broke two simply trying to assemble the game. Also, clamps grip paper a bit loosely.
These are minor, nitpicky issues. The game itself is marvelous, great for both the party crowd and the intellectual type. If Milton Bradley paid a bit more attention to this game's presentation, it'd be perfect.