Rules

Supplies

Each player needs a pencil and paper.

Start

Each game consists of three rounds.

A random letter and list will appear.

Play

Players attempt to create an answer that begins with the letter for each of the categories on the list.

Write each answer on your paper. When time’s up, immediately stop writing.

Articles (A/An/The) do not fulfill the beginning letter requirement. Instead, the word following the article will be the letter that counts. For instance, if the letter was “W” and the category was “TV Shows,” The Walking Dead would count as an acceptable answer; however, the answer would be unacceptable if a “T” had been rolled.

Players cannot use the same answer twice in the same round, even if it would otherwise be acceptable.

Last names can be used first, for example “Bush, George” as an answer for a US President beginning with “B.”

Get creative. You can be flexible with you answers. Other players can challenge you, though, and answers that fail a group vote won’t count toward your score.

Score

Players take turns reading their lists. Cross out any answers that matched another player’s. Players score one point for each answer not crossed out.

Award extra points for alliteration. (Horrible spelling aside, Krispy Kremes would earn two points for a rolled “K” in the “Breakfast Foods” category).

Creative answers are allowed, but any player has the option of challenging an answer. If an answer is challenged, all players, including the player whose answer is being challenged, vote on the acceptability. Majority rules. In the event of a tie, the vote of the challenged player does not count.

Finish

The player with the highest score wins the game. In the event of a tie, the tied players play a tie-breaker round.