Based on the 1979-82 game show, one step beyond typical Password as each password now fits into a Password Puzzle. Guessing those puzzles from the clues wins money, and players can increase their winnings many times through the "Alphabetics" round, wherein the team tries to communicate ten alphabetically consecutive passwords in 60 seconds. After several...
The objective of the game is to be the first player to cover all the letters (total of 25 with XY counted as one letter) in his/her collecting board by naming things relating to categories. Players take turns throwing a dice and moving around a circular track. At each space (numbered either 15 or 30), they name things based on categories read off a deck of...
This game is really simple to play, even for players who don’t love word games at all. It's super easy to compose a word related to the theme: you can use all the letters you want, not only the ones in your hand, and creativity and puns are welcome! No frustration in sight! Of course, you must try to find a word that grants you a higher score than your...
Quick! Try to make a word out of the letters SMP. Sound SiMPle? How about PTR? Get the PicTuRe? In the lightning fast party game PDW, it's an all-out race to be the first player to shout out a word using all three letter cards in play. Each round starts with a different set of letters, and it's up to you to fill in the blanks. Whoever has the most cards at...
A collaborative storytelling game in which players tell a story together, using fine art and photographic images as creative cues. The physical game takes the form of decks of oversized cards (about twice the size of normal playing cards) with the images printed on them. There are also online versions of the game (in the form of a Facebook app and a...
From the National Museum of Play Online Collection: "One of the most popular children's games of the late 19th century was called "Peter Coddles and his trip to New York," or some variation of that title. The games true origins have been lost but it is thought that it was first developed by McLoughlin Brothers in New York, though nearly every competitor...
The object of the game is to find the hidden five-letter word with the least number of guesses. The numbers or keys to the five letters of the word are hidden under sliding panels. Open one panel at a time until a number of numbers appear. Write the letter in the position indicated by the number. Who can complete the word in the least number of guesses?...
Out of six icosahedrons (20-sided dice), one shows only vowels, one only consonants and the others vowels, consonants and * for jokers. You can roll the dice up to three times and then you have to form a word of the German language with at least three and at most five letters, words with four or five letters may contain one or two jokers. For a five-letter...
Despite its English name People Game is a German Word Game for at least 2 players or teams. The cards show each uncommon or unusual German words with their explanation or definition. A sand timer of about 3 mins running time allows the players to do the following: They read one term and the definition and are allowed to write two definitions of their own....