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3.0 out of 5 starsI wouldn't recommend this to Americans
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019
I was so looking forward to this game, but it's not nearly as much fun as I expected, for several reasons:
1. It's geared to British audiences and many of the answers in the People category will be unfamiliar to Americans. I'm an anglophile and I don't recognize lots of them. What's more, for some names I do recognize, there are errors, like Jane "Austin" instead of Austen.
2. The game board adds complexity without value. You're playing the game to be fast-paced and fun, but having to follow all these fiddly rules for what to do when you land on a red or orange panel really slows things down and isn't entertaining.
3. The timer is supposed to last 30 seconds, but the one we received just barely gets to 25 seconds. You might think this is quibbling, but 30 seconds is already awfully short to try to guess multiple words, and 25 seconds is significantly worse. We ended up using a separate timer.
4. The print on the cards is tiny; a real challenge for older eyes. It's also not easy to distinguish the colors on the card, especially if you're not playing in a brightly-lit room.
There is a US version out, which would probably be a better choice for Americans. Still, for this type of entertainment, I'd recommend old-fashioned charades or the Heads Up app. For a different clue-giving game, try Codenames instead. It's fun and subtly challenging for how simple it appears to be at first.
