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2010 Ranked #9,929

Scattergories Categories

A word game has players brainstorm answers beginning with each letter of a vertically written challenge word. Fast thinking and flexible vocabulary turn a simple prompt into a race for clever category matches.

Word Game Paper-and-Pencil Traditional Games: Categories / Guggenheim Word Games: First Letter Given

Players

2-4

Play time

25-35 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1.43/5

Rating

6.15

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.1/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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If you loved the game of "Scattergories", then Scattergories Categories is the next game you will want to play. It's a great twist on your favorite.

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If you loved the game of "Scattergories", then Scattergories Categories is the next game you will want to play. It's a great twist on your favorite. Keep the fun coming with this fast-thinking categories game. Contains 125 cards, containing 250 word challenges, 2-minute sand timer, 4 pads of score sheets, plastic card base, and rules. In this game, players take a word written vertically, and brainstorm a word that starts with each letter in that word. For example, if the word was FOOD: Frankfurter, Olive, Oatmeal, and Dumplings. New edition with 250 new word challenges was published in 2016.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
25–35 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Kim Vandenbroucke

Publishers

1
Winning Moves Games (USA)

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