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1992 Ranked #14,754

Name Burst

Players give clues to help a rotating partner name as many listed people as possible before time expires. Because every pairing scores together, each round rewards quick communication with a new teammate.

Party Game Trivia Team-Based Game

Players

3-10

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.83/5

Rating

6.28

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 3.8/5

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?

Name Burst is a twist on your standard party guessing game (see Taboo, Pictionary, etc.). In this game, you try to get your partner to say as many of the ten names on your card as possible in the allotted time.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Team-Based Game

Players compete in fixed teams and coordinate toward a shared team result.
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Name Burst is a twist on your standard party guessing game (see Taboo, Pictionary, etc.). In this game, you try to get your partner to say as many of the ten names on your card as possible in the allotted time. There are very few restrictions on clues. The main twist in Name Burst is that there aren't set teams -- each player rotates giving clues to every other player, with both players scoring the full number of points each round.

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Category

2
Party Game Trivia

Mechanism

1
Team-Based Game

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–10
Best with
3–5
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Brian Hersch

Publishers

2
Golden Hersch and Company

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