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- Replay Value (1-10): 7
- Fun Factor (1-10): 6
- Worth Buying (1-10): 4
All but one player (the "judge") are presented with three picture
cards (there are green "persons",
orange "places", and purple "things"), three words, and a topic card
which not only provides a topic
(in the example above, the topic is "Telling the truth")
but also the distribution of which color picture cards to take.
The judge has the fun task of deciding the subject and words, as
they are double sided -- this gives them some flexibility in what
the players see.
Then, all players have 90 seconds to write a short paragraph that
incorporates all the elements. For example, in the photograph above,
you can see I have written the story:
The evil masterminds looked at the map to decide which country to slingshot into the sun for Dr. Evil's Birthday. But then an angel appeared, dressed in a hilariously bad costume, and decided to change their ways.
Not exactly great literature, and I seemed to have forgotten about the subject of telling the truth, but what do you expect in 90 seconds?
Anyway, the judge then reads all the stories, chooses a winner, and everyone
has fun. There's some scoring thing going on, but clearly that is not
the point of this game.
This is one of two games submitted this year where the basic idea is
to have 90 seconds to write a story out of given cues (the other game
being BaffleGab, and the names
of the games are surprisingly similar too). For some reason,
I had a much easier time writing stories in this game, where there are
visual cues, than in the other game, where there are not. But for some
players, it was the exact opposite. It does make me wonder, in a
philosophical way, what is it that makes us different? But this
debate doesn't really have much to do with reviewing the game, I guess.
Overall the general sentiment is that it's pretty hard to craft something
actually good in 90 seconds unless you've had a lot of practice.
I recommend if you want a higher caliber of entertainment, you lengthen
the time a bit for new players.
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