25 Words or Less: People, Places, Things
by Winning Moves
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Toys and Games Reviews of 25 Words or Less: People, Places, Things
Customer Review: A MUST-HAVE GAME! ALL-TIME FAVORITE!
Summary: 5 Stars
It doesn't matter whether I play this game with my hard-core gaming friends or with my more social party-game friends: this is always "the" favorite. It is a real white-knuckle play requiring concentration, verbal-acuity, creativity and sometimes, um, vocal restraint. The game has two parts: the bid (in which one bidder from each team bids the total number of words she will use --a la "Name That Tune"-- to get her teammates to guess all five words on a gamecard) and the play (in which the winning bidder offers clues to his teammates hoping to get them to say all five words within a minute for final point-possession of the card.)
We often play with three to a team instead of two. It's more fun. The bids rarely end above 13 and often get down to 7, though when the bids are that brazenly low they are almost always defeated!
I was 14 when my English teacher first taught me what a "kenning" was. It is the combination of two formerly unconnected nouns to convey the idea of another noun. For example, in the Odyssey, Homer refers to deer as "heather-steppers". This approach makes those two-word clues quite accessible: who could mistake the intention of "Kennedy-killer" or "Robin's Boss"? However, how many clue-words would it take you to get someone to say "loafer", "tinsel", "window pane" or "Dallas Cowboys"? Can't resist trying, can you? Once all of the players get the hang of it, the game is very competitive and a lot of fun for all.
Customer Review: I hope you're not a wordy person
Summary: 5 Stars
We fell in love with this game. I chose it because of its similarity to Taboo, but now, instead of being hung up on not using the words on the Taboo list, you have to be mindful of the amount of words you use to describe the words on your list. The name of the game is 25 Words or Less, in which you have to describe the five words on your card in 25 words or less. But, there is a twist. There is a bidding process in which two people look at the card and bid against each other to see who can describe the five words using less words. For example: The list contains the words: Lion, Tree, House, Balance Beam, & Courage. Two opposing clue givers will look at the list and proceed to bid. Person A bids 25, Person B bids 24, Person A bids 23, and so on until one of the two says I can't go any lower, the card is yours. Then the one minute timer starts and now however many words were bid is how many words the clue giver can use to get his/her team to guess all five words on the list. We had a clue giver bid 12 words and she was able to get us to guess all 5 words on the list in only 10 words. Surprisingly, not many of us in the party went over the words, if anything we had more words to spare most of the time. This game is great and with only three times played we had over an hour and a half of fun.Customer Review: 25 hours or more of fun
Summary: 5 Stars
As an aspiring creator of board games, this game makes me jealous. There are words on a card. There is a timer. There is a baord. And you have to give clues. Those Winning Moves people went home early in game design but stayed up all night thinking of the best possible strategy/word game they could think of. It's so simple, yet so many hours of fun.You are able to do everything you can in any word/trivia game - and that is show off your great skill of punny and clever clues. Keeping tract of your clues in your head, though, (counting and recounting) is, I think, the most suspensful & nerve racking part. Watch out for an abundance of laughter and bonding when your best friend or spouse rides the same brain wave and gets exactly what your talking about..."Stem Corona...STEM CORONA? ...um, um..."ROOT BEER"
Fantastic game - Game of the Year for Games Mag and everything. Small, compact, etc. Just be sure that your playing with a bunch that will be familiar with some obscure words.
ENJOY!
Customer Review: A very entertaining party game for 4-8
Summary: 5 Stars
An exceptionally fun way to spend an evening. This is one of the more enjoyable, more thought-provoking games I have purchased in a while. It is a fairly simple concept, but it is very nervewracking when the timer is winding down, and you realize you have only three clues remaining to get your teamates to say two words. Beware: This game can lead to arguments beween couples when one member fails to guess a world after the other member's "perfect" clue... The biggest drawback, is that if the other team is very aggressive in their bidding, and fails to win the card in play, your team can win the game literally by doing nothing. All in all, however, an excellent option when wishing to entertain 4-8 people.Customer Review: Awesome and addictive!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Simple concept leads to hours of fun! The game doesn't take hours to play, not by any means, but you'll find it's impossible to stop. Great for large groups. Basically, split up into teams, have a player from each team haggle it out to see who can get their team to guess the words on the card using the least number of clues, then let the games begin. The best part of the game is the bidding war, especially when you have really competitive people bidding. The trick is to know when to put away the pride and stop haggling which is easier said than done. Very challenging and extremely addictive. Just be prepared from the inevitable demands of a rematch!