Etymon is a fun and exciting word game that tests your knowledge of word and phrase origins. —description from the publisher Four "origins" for the word or phrase are listed with three creatively written, and one generally accepted as the true origin. Each player or team must see through the false origins, and bet points according to the certainty of their...
etc. : The Game of Abbreviation The reader will give you a letter combination... like DH, and a clue. It is up to you to solve the clue, and if you do, you get the points, which are scattered across the table. For example, if the letter combination is "DH", the clues read might be: 1. A miniature dwelling for toy people (Doll house) 2. He bats but doesn't...
Do you really know the origins of the French language? Latin and Greek words are everywhere in the French language. With this family game, use Latin and Greek roots to find the corresponding French words. If you have for example MANUS, "hand" in Latin, you can find "manucure", "manual" or "manufacture". Depending on the difficulty or frequency derivative...
Introducing Etymology: The Card Game - where the Game Master reads a Greek or Latin root, and players must explain its meaning and give example words derived from it. Challenge your friends, learn together, and have a blast with this educational and entertaining game! Educational and Fun Etymology: The Card Game turns homework into a game, combining...
Even Steven is a light party game consisting of a card deck full of more or less complicated statements. Players around the table simultaneously choose "yes" (agree) or "no" (disagree) or "even". Once all players have revealed their choices, the ones who chose the same reply as the majority score one point – but if "yes" and "no" are tied, the ones who...
24 cards with a clue to a correct name are placed around the room. Players are given a card to record their answers and a time limit. When 'Time' is called, the player who returns to the party host with the most correct answers, wins. It is undated but must have first appeared in the 1930's. The answer to the 2 example cards in the images are Norma Shearer...
The Everdeck is a card game system that can be adapted to play many traditional and modern games. It’s a portable travel companion, universal proxy deck, and game designer’s prototyping tool all in one. This isn’t just a deck with extra ranks and suits. Its 120 cards can map to many distinct game systems: Two standard decks, Tarot and Hanafuda; modern...
Everything is in butter, boss! is a card game about common phrases. If you translate German idioms into the English language you don't get the correct English equivalent, but rather a funny English sentence. Then it's not English, it's Denglish ("D" for Deutsch = German). So one by one the players draw a card and have to translate the Denglish sentences...
From the rules: The object of the game is to be the first player or team to complete the entire circle of the playing board from "START" to "FINISH" by correctly identifying the EVOLUTIONS Scenarios. Basically, you answer trivia questions about the origins of common words and phrases, such as: Q: The custom of dropping a piece of spiced, burnt bread into a...
The game of first lines and last words. Ex Libris has been a firm favourite with book lovers, and readers and writers, since Oxford Games first devised and published the game in 1991. Ex Libris is a subtle, yet highly entertaining game of bluff that will challenge your literary acumen and test your writing skills as you attempt to compose fake, but...