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- Replay Value (1-10): 6
- Fun Factor (1-10): 7
- Worth Buying (1-10): 5
- MMG Popularity Rank (out of 54): 23rd
This game is a bit like the reverse of the other game with a similar name submitted this year. It's yet another Balderdash clone, which means that one person is writing down the correct answer while everyone else is writing down a fake answer, then all answers are mixed up, read, people vote on what they think the correct answer is, and then points are awarded. This game uses the origin of common phrases as the seed, which is (to me at least) more interesting than Balderdash, which uses obscure dictionary words and their definitions.
The game does a pretty good job of what it sets out to do. The scoring system makes sense and isn't broken in any obvious way. The interface has the little hallmarks of someone who's been paying attention to game design (such as the "draw here" and "discard here" text on the card box). My only complaint, which is minor, is that I wished the cards had provided some citation for where they got their information. But then again, it's not like any of the hundreds of other trivia games do that.
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