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Them's Fightin' Words! box art
2013 Ranked #16,884

Them's Fightin' Words!

A memory word game has rival cowboys recite an expanding insult phrase to remain standing longest. Forgetting the sequence takes a hit and adds cards to remember, while a third hit eliminates a player.

Humor Memory

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

6.83

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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 take the role of an irritable cowboy, slinging insults from a deck of cards in front of you in order to be the last man standing. The game uses a starting word and a deck of second and final words distributed amongst all players.

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You take the role of an irritable cowboy, slinging insults from a deck of cards in front of you in order to be the last man standing. The game uses a starting word and a deck of second and final words distributed amongst all players. Everyone takes it in turns to say the first word, then all the words on the cards in the middle pile, then the top card from their hand (which is added to the pile) followed by the final word. If you cannot remember the entire phrase you take all the cards in the middle pile as one "hit". When you take your third "hit" you are out of the game. Hats are not required but cowboy voices are mandatory.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2
Play time
5 min
Age
8+
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Credits

Designers

1
Anxietydecending

Artists

1
15 Shapes

Publishers

2
(Self-Published) 7/5 Games

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