If you can read and write, you can play The Game of THINGS. We like to keep the Reader in play but if it's noticeably affecting your game play then simply have the Reader write a response but not participate in the guessing portion of the game. We originally dealt with this by asking players with distinctive handwriting to print in block letters. Studying the responses quietly while other players are guessing should be avoided out of fairness.Īlso, some players have brought it to our attention that with smaller groups the Reader may recognize handwriting and therefore be able to easily match players to their response. When reading responses, the Reader should always only read them aloud. The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. no one has guessed what that player wrote). The number of rounds agreed upon at the beginning have been played.ġ point for each correct guess during a round.Ģ points to the player who is left at the end of the round (i.e.The person to the left of the last Reader now becomes the new Reader. When only one player has not been matched to his/ her response. You remain in the round until someone matches you up with your response. If you're wrong, you're still in the round but the chance to guess passes to the player on your left. If you're right, the Reader gives the response sheet back to its writer and that player is out of the round.

Choose any response and try to match it to the player who wrote it. The player to the left of the Reader guesses first. The Reader reads ALL the responses aloud a couple of times. So write whatever you want: straightforward things., funny things., outrageous things., or write something that another player might write just to confuse things. Important: There are no correct answers! These are topics not questions. Re-reads the responses for those with short memoriesĮveryone (including the Reader) writes a response on one strip of paper from their response sheet. What The Reader Doesĭoesn't let people linger too long on their responses 1 This player picks a card and reads it aloud. Pick a player to be the Reader for the first round. Place the cards face down within reach of all the players.

Every player gets a pencil and one sheet from the response pad. Then take turns trying to eliminate each other by guessing which player wrote which response. Your response can be as outrageous or as straight-forward as you'd like. here's how you play: in each round players write a response to a topic. The true object of the game is laughter, but if you're concerned about winning.

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