Time's Up! (game)

Time's Up! is a team party game in which players guess famous names from spoken clues, charades and sounds. It was designed by Peter Sarrett and published by R&R Games of Tampa, Florida, with a first edition in 1999 and a Deluxe edition in 2008 that merged the best cards from the base game and its two earlier expansions. The game is played with a shared set of 40 name cards, called the Deck of Fame, drawn at random. Teams take turns with a 30 second limit while one player gives clues and teammates guess. The same cards are reused over three rounds that restrict the clues further: in the first round almost anything may be said, in the second only a single word may be spoken and repeated, and in the third only gestures and sounds are allowed. An optional fourth round has the clue giver freeze in a pose. The design builds on the older parlour game Celebrity, and it has won more than fifteen awards, including the Mensa Select award.