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Word Slam

Given words for explanations

Words are explained using other words from a defined supply. You play in teams, using explanation cards featuring subject, verb, adjective and other kinds of words are available. You draw a card from the chosen level of difficulty – beginner, easy, experienced or expert; each word always shows one name for either film, book or real or fictitious person. The explainers of the round for each team look at the card. Then they search their personal supply of explanation cards – both stacks are identical – and choose words that are best suited to explain the term on the card. Selected cards are put on the holder. When you as explainer believe that a term is too difficult or that your team is not familiar with the term, you can select another term from the card.  Explainers cannot use sound and mime. You can rearrange cards on the holder and remove cards or place new cards, but you cannot use one card to partially cover another card to create a word fragment. The team holding the timer can decide to use it and turn it over, now both teams have only time to guess until the timer runs out. Of course, you can listen to the guesses of the other team to maybe get a hint. The first to guess the right word receives the card. For a new round, new explainers are chosen and the timer is given to the other team. The Game ends after a predetermined number of cards, and you win with most cards.

Word Slam is a challenge, attractive but difficult! If you are fastest to search through the stack and can quickly remember words you see, you will find suitable combinations quicker. Now the other just have to understand what you want to tell them!

Players: 3+

Age: 12+

Time: ca. 45min

Designer: Inka und Markus Brand

Artist: Fiore GmbH

Price: ca. 30 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2016

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Word explanation

Users: With friends

Special: Many players

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Combinatory thinking is necessary

Quick memorizing of words is helpful

Expert level is extremely difficult

Compares to:

First game with given words for explanations

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 2

Knowledge (yellow): 2

Memory (orange): 2

Communication (red): 2

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0