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Thingamajig box art
2003 Ranked #8,720

Thingamajig

A party clue game has players describe secret words so some, but not all, opponents guess correctly. Perfectly obvious clues fail, so bluffing and ambiguity become essential tools for scoring.

Party Games Electronic Party Game Word Games: Guess the Word

Players

3-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

1.53/5

Rating

6.39

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 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Players take turns giving clues to words given to them by the electronic Thingamajig. You score a point for every player who correctly guesses your word.

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Players take turns giving clues to words given to them by the electronic Thingamajig. You score a point for every player who correctly guesses your word. But if everyone gets it, you score nothing. From back of box: Looking for a Hilarious Party Game That everyone can Play? Then whip out your Thingamajig! Press the Thingamajig's button and it reveals your secret Thingamaword... Everyone wants to know what it is... AND you've got to clue them in... except you really don't want EVERYONE to know... It's a fresh, fast moving game where you gotta BLUFF a little, STRETCH the truth a tad, make it sound like it's probably THIS, but maybe it's THAT! The Thingamajig comes with it's own Thingamabrain containing thousands of words so you can play with your Thingamajig over and over again! It's portable, so you can take your Thingamajig everywhere... makes an awesome travel game!

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Play and group

Players
3–8
Best with
4
Play time
30 min
Age
14+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Aaron Weissblum

Publishers

1
R&R Games

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