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Pro & Contra

There are two sides to everything

Arguing – phrasing – discussing – these are the mainstays of Pro & Contra, which you play as individual players or in teams of two. In a team game one player of a team represents Pro, the other player Contra. The team draws a card with a term and must now alternate in naming pro and contra arguments for this term without naming the term or parts of it – which is rather simple for atomic energy or all-day school, but how about creases or one-way streets? After each argument stated the counter is advanced one step and the other teams try to guess the tern; when the term is guessed correctly bot arguing team and correctly guessing team advance their markers the number of steps indicated by the counter. When the term has not been guessed after six arguments the term is not scored. In a game of individual players one player alternates stating pro and contra arguments. The team or player whose marker reaches the finish first, wins.

This is a very well-implemented game idea; the number of arguments is perfectly chosen to avoid the game turning into a heated free-for-all and is recommended that you accept synonyms or similar terms as correct solutions for the term.  The guessing teams of course must pay attention to the keeping to the argument rules and protest if necessary, protest instantly, because when the next argument has been given you cannot protest against the previous one. And discussion is also invited on rules infringements and protests! A lively evening is in the offing and some cogitation, too, who finds an argument against a petting zoo? Or against home-cooking? You need creativity and quick repartees!

Players: 3-16

Age: 14+

Time: 60+

Designer: Helmut Walch

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 28 Euro

Publisher: Piatnik 2013

Web: www.piatnik.com

Genre: Communications game

Users: With friends

Special: Many players

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Witty adaptation of the Activity/Taboo mechanism

Good for large groups

Excellently chosen terms

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Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 3

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

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Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0