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1988 Ranked #2,569

Scattergories

Creative word game where players fill categories with answers that begin with a shared letter. Only unique answers score, so every response must be both plausible and unusual enough to avoid matching another player's idea.

Party Games Party Game Real-time Paper-and-Pencil Dice Rolling

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.36/5

Rating

6.25

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.7/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.8/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

"The Game of Scattergories," published in 1988 by Milton Bradley, is a great game for any group to play. In the game each player fills out a category list 'with answers that begin with the same letter.' If no other player matches your answers, you score points.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Paper-and-Pencil

Record choices and results directly on a personal sheet.
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"The Game of Scattergories," published in 1988 by Milton Bradley, is a great game for any group to play. In the game each player fills out a category list 'with answers that begin with the same letter.' If no other player matches your answers, you score points. The game is played in rounds. After 3 rounds a winner is declared, and a new game can be begun. Scattergories is a commercial version of an old parlour game known as Categories or Guggenheim. Similar to: Facts in Five

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Type

1
Party Games

Category

3
Party Game Real-time Word Game

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Paper-and-Pencil

Family

6
Components: Letter Cubes / Word Dice Components: Polyhedral (not D6) dice Components: Sand Timers Game: Scattergories Misc: Mensa Select Promotional: Promo Board Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

4
Game Office Grow Jogos e Brinquedos Hasbro MB Giochi