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2013 Ranked #18,336

Idiom Addict

This team word game has players decipher idioms and common phrases from clues to advance along the board. Opposing teams control the prompts, so shared language knowledge must arrive quickly enough to keep the race moving.

Educational Party Game Roll / Spin and Move Team-Based Game

Players

4-99

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

6.60

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

You're not one to brag, but your word skills are the cat's pajamas and you think winning Idiom Addict: will be a piece of cake.

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You're not one to brag, but your word skills are the cat's pajamas and you think winning Idiom Addict: will be a piece of cake. However, you may want to get off your linguistic high horse and stop counting your chickens before they've hatched because winning this party game of idioms and synonyms is easier said than done. Here's how it works: decipher idioms and common phrases from clues read by opposing teams to advance on the game board. But don't be a sourpuss if your team loses. Because win or lose, you'll give your brain's language centers a workout. And the prize of a bigger brain is nothing to sneeze at.

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Play and group

Players
4–99
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Dave Yearick

Publishers

2
The Good Game Company Marbles: The Brain Store

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