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Scattergories is a crowd-pleasing, fast-thinking categories game. It can be played between 2 to 6 players.
The objective of the game is to quickly fill out a category list with answers that begin with the same letter under some time limit (usually 3 minutes). Score points if no other player matches your answers. To win the game, score the most.
Gameplay
The game is played in 3 rounds. To play a round, do the following steps in order:
1. Each player takes a folder. Decide which List # to use, and clip the card onto the folder. Make sure each player is using the same list.
2. Set the die-rolling board on the table. One player rolls the 20-sided letter die on the board and calls out the rolled letter. The rolled letter is the key letter that will be used in this round of play.
3. Start the timer. Now the time begins.
4. All players quickly fill in the first column of their answer sheets. Answers must fit the category, and must begin with the key letter.
5. When the timer stops, all players must immediately stop writing.
6. Players in turn read their answers aloud. Players mark their own answer sheets by circling acceptable answers that do not match any other player's answers. Continue reading answers until all 12 categories have been marked. Then score 1 point for each of your circled answers.
7. Roll a new letter to start a new round. If the same letter is rolled twice in a game, reroll the die for a different letter.
8. Variations like scoring an extra point for using the key letter more than once as a first letter in your answer.
The Game Show Version
Main article: Scattergories (Game show)
Like Scrabble, the board game became an ill-fated NBC game show in 1993 hosted by Dick Clark. It ran right after Scrabble which was revived for a short time during this period, and featured Chuck Woolery as a regular panelist.
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