Scattergories is a creative-thinking, category-based party game originally published by Milton Bradley in 1988 and currently produced by Hasbro and Winning Moves Games USA. Two to six players compete over rounds in which a randomly chosen letter and a list of categories are revealed, and each player must write down a word beginning with that letter for every category before time runs out, scoring points for answers no other player has matched. Rounds move quickly, usually taking a little over three minutes to play, and the game is recommended for players aged twelve and up. It builds on the older word game Categories, adding a shared timer, a spinning letter die and a formal scoring system that rewards originality as much as speed.
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Playing Time Skill or Luck Age Suitability PublisherGrow Jogos e Brinquedos 2 PublisherWinning Moves Games (USA) 2 PublisherWinning Solutions (WS Game Company) 2 Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
Game Type (category) Connections
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1. Scattergories (Wikipedia)
Lead, game type
a creative-thinking category-based party game
Introduction
The objective of the 2-to-6-player game is to score points by uniquely naming objects, people, actions, and so forth-all within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit.
Infobox, Year Released
Year Released: 1988
Infobox: ages
12 and up
Infobox: random_chance
Low
View the Source2. Scattergories (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 30
- Designer: (Uncredited)
- Publisher: (Unknown)
- Publisher: Game Office
- Publisher: Grow Jogos e Brinquedos
- Publisher: Hasbro
- Publisher: MB Giochi
- Publisher: MB Juegos
- Publisher: MB Spiele
- Publisher: Milton Bradley
- Publisher: Parker Brothers
- Publisher: Toyster
- Publisher: Winning Moves Games (USA)
- Publisher: Winning Solutions (WS Game Company)
- Game Category: Party Game
- Game Category: Real-time
- Game Category: Word Game
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Paper-and-Pencil
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 6
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