I SENTENCE YOU!
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OBJECT: Form sentences with word cards. The winner is the first player to play all of their assigned cards.
AGE: 14 & up
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-10
GAMES: There are two games you can play, FAST or FIVE-SECONDS.
1. FAST GAME: In this game once the first card is played every player will play their cards as fast as possible to form a sentence. The first player to play all of their cards is the winner.
2. FIVE-SECONDS GAME: In this game each player will take turns playing. Pick the first player to play and (moving in a clockwise direction) each player will have 5 seconds to play as many cards as they can. The first player to play all of their cards is the winner.
PLAY OF THE GAME:
1. Sentences must comprise of 2 or more words.
2. Words at the beginning of a sentence are presumed to be upper case.
3. Players can only use one side of the card at any given time.
4. All sentences are formed off a single word string and not individual players word string.
5. Verbally call punctuations such as “Period (.)”; “Comma (,)”; “Question mark (?)”.
6. The player that calls a punctuation gets to play the next card before anyone else can play.
7. The player who plays a RED CARD gets to play a second card before anyone else can play.
STEPS:
1. Divide the deck equally amongst all players.
2. Any player can place the first card.
3. Once the first card is placed all players race to place their cards as fast as possible.
4. All succeeding cards must sync with the previously played cards to form sentences.
5. Decide disputes with a majority vote.
6. If the construct of a sentence cannot be completed all players will take their cards back from the incomplete sentence and try again.
7. The first player to successfully play all of their cards is the winner and says to the others “I SENTENCE YOU!”.
COLORS AND SHAPES
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OBJECT: There are four games you can play and hence there are four ways to win.
- SAME COLOR: Be the first player to collect five cards of the same color.
- DIFFERENT COLORS: Be the first player to collect five cards with different colors.
- SAME SHAPE: Be the first player to collect five cards with the same shape.
- DIFFERENT SHAPES: Be the first player to collect five cards with different shapes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-5:
AGE: 8 & UP:
PLAY: Each player will get 5 cards from the deck. They will then exchange one card at a time until the first player collects 5cards with the appropriate shapes and/or colors (that is same color, different colors, same shape, or different shapes).
WILDCARDS: There are two wildcards. These cards can be designated by the player in possession of them to be any color and/or shape they so chose.
STEPS:
1. Keep doing this until a player is ready to declare themself as the winner and reveal their cards.
2. First determine which game to play: Same color/Different colors/Same shapes/Different shapes.
3. Shuffle the deck of cards and distribute 5 cards to each player (facing down). Set extra cards aside. If you want to increase the level of challenge combine two decks of cards and add more players.
4. Players look at their cards and pick one to exchange. Place the card to exchange on the table face down and pick a card from the UNPLAYED deck. When the unplayed deck is exhausted, shuffle the EXCHANGED card deck and continue to play by pulling cards from this deck.
TRICKERY
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OBJECT: The object of the game is for players to trick each other into saying certain words (as illustrated on the cards). These are called TRICK WORDS.). The first player to successfully get others to say any THREE trick words is the winner.
This game tests your ability to communicate and listen.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-52
AGE: 14 & UP
PLAY THE GAME:
A player gets credit for a trick when any player, at any time, says any of their TRICK WORDS. It does not matter whether they are in direct communication or not. All is fair in Trickery.
Players can use their respective TRICK WORDS in conversation with other players in order to trick others into saying those words.
Players can use their respective TRICK WORDS in conversation with other players in order to trick others into saying those words
All players must engage in conversation. Silence is not an option.
The name of the fruit or vegetable shown on your card also counts as a TRICK WORD.
The name of the fruit or vegetable shown on your card also counts as a TRICK WORD. STEPS:
STEPS:
1. Shuffle the deck of cards and distribute one to each player. Set extra cards aside.
2. Hide the trick words on your card from other players and strike up a conversation with them.
3. If any player utters one of your trick words, acknowledge it to everyone by saying “I TRICKED YOU”.
4. The first player to get three of their TRICK WORDS uttered by other players is the winner.
5. Once a winner has been identified reshuffle all the cards in the deck and start again.
LET THE TRICKERY BEGIN