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2003 Ranked #7,465

What's It To Ya?

A social ranking game has players secretly order items by importance, trying to match the group or a partner. Majority choices stay revealed, rewarding those who best anticipate shared priorities.

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Players

3-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.2/5

Rating

6.60

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 4.0/5

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?

Your goal in What's It To Ya?, a.k.a. Oh, Really!, is to think like the crowd – or at least like your partner.

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Your goal in What's It To Ya?, a.k.a. Oh, Really!, is to think like the crowd – or at least like your partner. Five item cards – such as "Hope", "Garbage Collectors", "Underwear", "Wisdom", and "Hearing" – are placed on the table next to letters A-E. Each player then secretly places rank cards in order based on which item is most important to her: "B" first since you don't want to live in filth, then "D" because being wise is next most important after a clean home, and so on. Players then reveal their cards, showing all the cards in the first rank, then the second rank, and so on. Whichever letter appears the most in a position is the crowd favorite; those letters stay revealed, while all other letters are turned face-down again. Whichever player (or players) has the most cards revealed at the end of a round scores a point; if a player has all five cards revealed, she scores two points. Whoever scores seven points first wins. What's It To Ya? can also be played in teams, with one player on a team trying to match the ranking of the other member. Scoring is handled the same as in the group game, and the first team to earn seven points wins.

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Play and group

Players
3–8
Best with
4–8
Play time
20 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.2/5
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Credits

Designers

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Mike Petty

Artists

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Jason Fidler Agsty Im Mike Petty Scott Starkey

Publishers

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Black & White Games Find It Games Happy Baobab New World Games (I)