So we went to Borders today because they are closing and everything is 40-60% off. I bought a book and our friend Kristin bought Time's Up. She LOVES that game and we told her they had it so she wanted to get it. Anyway, it made me think of reviewing Time's Up...so....
Time's Up is a party game for 4 or more players. The rules suggest you have 2 person teams but we like playing boys vs. girls.
You start by passing out 40 cards total then dealing each player 2 more cards. Then players discard 2. If you want a shorter game, you can deal out less cards or if you want a longer game you can deal out more cards.
You pick a starting team and they pick a starting player. That player has all of the cards face down. When they timer starts the player flips over the top card and then follows the rules according to the round. Time's Up plays in 3 rounds:
Round 1: Plays like Catch Phrase. You can give as many clues as you can without saying any part of the title or words on the card. Passing to the next card is not allowed.
Round 2: No more than one word can be used for each clue and passing is allowed. But your teammates can only guess 1 answer for each clue.
Round 3: Only pantomime and sounds are allowed. Your team can only guess 1 answer for each clue and passing is allowed.
Of course you are timed during these rounds. You have 30 seconds to get your team to guess as many clues as they can.
Once the deck runs out, meaning all the cards have been correctly guessed, the round is done. Teams count how many cards they have, each being worth a point, and note it on the provided paper. All the cards get put back into the deck and are shuffled, then the next round starts.
So as you can see it is different than other games because the rules change each round. This makes it a little bit harder and a lot more fun. The ideal thing to do would be to use pantomime from the very beginning to make it a little easier for your team to guess.
Time's Up is a party game for 4 or more players. The rules suggest you have 2 person teams but we like playing boys vs. girls.
You start by passing out 40 cards total then dealing each player 2 more cards. Then players discard 2. If you want a shorter game, you can deal out less cards or if you want a longer game you can deal out more cards.
You pick a starting team and they pick a starting player. That player has all of the cards face down. When they timer starts the player flips over the top card and then follows the rules according to the round. Time's Up plays in 3 rounds:
Round 1: Plays like Catch Phrase. You can give as many clues as you can without saying any part of the title or words on the card. Passing to the next card is not allowed.
Round 2: No more than one word can be used for each clue and passing is allowed. But your teammates can only guess 1 answer for each clue.
Round 3: Only pantomime and sounds are allowed. Your team can only guess 1 answer for each clue and passing is allowed.
Of course you are timed during these rounds. You have 30 seconds to get your team to guess as many clues as they can.
Once the deck runs out, meaning all the cards have been correctly guessed, the round is done. Teams count how many cards they have, each being worth a point, and note it on the provided paper. All the cards get put back into the deck and are shuffled, then the next round starts.
So as you can see it is different than other games because the rules change each round. This makes it a little bit harder and a lot more fun. The ideal thing to do would be to use pantomime from the very beginning to make it a little easier for your team to guess.
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