Features

• It knows what you're thinking!
• Innovative "Artificial Intelligence" game with an exciting new design
• The classic game of 20 Questions captured for the first time in a portable format
• If it reads your mind within 20 questions it wins, if not, you win!
• Can you fool 20Q?

Reviews (78)

Out of this world fun!
When I tested this at the store, I was instantly convinced to bring it home and share with everyone in the family.Everyone was amazed, you can see very surprised facial expressions from most of them, and spooked expressions from others thinking it was possessed (reallly funny!).My Mom began referring to it as "he" instead of an "it" - - it's a very smart little computer. It exactly guessed a carburator, urethra, star, it called love an "emotion", rainbow and on and on.I would say it gets it right 99% of the time. Highly recommend this.

Great machine
A fun, easy to use game that will keep you occupied for hours. A great gift idea or to use at your home/office, this machine asks 20 questions to narrow your choices and is also good for parties. Highly recommend.

very good
this toy is very cool
i just got it yesterday
it is cheap(as in prices)
it is very educational that i brought it to school and my teacher loved it
if you dont have it get it ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Scene It? The DVD Movie Game is for the film buff what a double-fudge brownie sundae is for the chocoholic. Players take turns moving around the game board and answering challenges, which usually take the form of trivia questions--about movies, of course. Questions are culled from either a box of cards, much like Trivial Pursuit, or from onscreen prompts that follow movie clips. The included DVD is loaded with snippets from recent movies, although the occasional classic sneaks in too. Multiple questions are asked about each clip--identify the title of the movie, name actors in the scene, recall some minor detail--so that even when the clips begin to repeat, it will take some time before questions do too. (Subsequent DVDs are also said to be in the works.) The game board, which looks like a cross between an accordion and a film reel, can be folded out to accommodate longer games or closed up for shorter ones. Scene It? was definitely built to be a party game, and another advantage of the DVD is that there’s no need to explain the rules. Instead, just press play and hope that everyone simmers down enough to pay attention. Plus, the hokey music and neon "You Are a Winner" screen that ends the game is certain to send those individuals who like winning a bit too much--and you know who you are--into an absolute frenzy. --David Morel ... Read more

Reviews (58)

AWESOME AWESOME FUN
This game is a dream come true for a movie buff. It has questions from movies that r so random that only a true movie buff wud be able to answer them. If you just enjoy watching movies and see the popular/blockbuster ones that come out...you're gonna suck at the game. But if you enjoy watching movies because of the director who created the movie or the author who wrote the story ..this game is for you.
The only shortcoming is...I played this game till I pretty much exhausted all the scenes and questions so you need to pick up the sequel pack as well if you buy this game. I would highly recommend this game.

Use this Party Game Sparingly, and Have Fun
My wife and I received "Scene It" around Christmastime, and it took us quite some time to play it for the first time.When we had company over one night, we broke the game out and we had a fabulous time, even though I'm a movie fanatic and the contests do tend to be one-sided when a Film-Dork/trivia fanatic like me faces off against people who are just looking for an entertaining game.(I earned a nickname that evening that I cannot mention in public.)

The set-up for the game is quite simple.The board itself is very smart; it is basically an around-the-board first format, but when it is folded, a shorter version of the game can be played.There are two dice, one which tells you how many spaces to move, and one which tells you which category of question you will receive.Depending on your roll, you might have to answer a trivial-pursuit type question, read by an opposing player from a card (three categories of questions), or you might have to go to the DVD player to answer a special on-screen question or puzzle.You might have the question all to yourself, or you might have to play everyone else.

The on-screen DVD questions are quite creative.Some challenges will have you identify a movie from a single frame of the film... but the actor/actress has been erased from the frame.Some challenges might be Wheel-of-Fortune style puzzles where the letters slowly appear and you must be the first to answer correctly.Often, an entire clip is played from a movie, and a question is asked at the conclusion of the clip; it might be as simple as "name the movie" or "name the actor", or it might be something more like "how many times was the word 'friend' said in this clip?"

Now, right away, you will probably say to yourself, "wait!If there are only 150 (or so) clips on a DVD, then I'll learn all of those questions in no time!"What I don't think has been stated in previous reviews is that each clip has several different questions that might be asked, so this number is vastly multiplied.And with the variety of different puzzles on screen and trivia questions, there are more questions than people might first think.We've now played the game about ten times, and we do come across questions each time we play it that we know we've had in the past.

In the version I received, we have two DVDs inside, not just one, so that will include more puzzles and whatnot.But if you are considering purchasing this game, you shouldn't expect to play it like Parcheesi or Sorry with a different result every time.No matter how many different possibilities, there are only a finite number of questions.If one plays it again and again and again, you may exhaust the mystery of these questions in a fairly short amount of time.

Scene It is a game long-awaited for originality, and is an extremely fun game to be played in numbers.My advice is save it to play when friends come over... it is very worth the price for parties, but if you are looking for a game to be played on a frequent or daily basis, look for an old standard.Even though I love the game, I have to say that until Mattel comes out with several more (and much more inexpensive!) DVDs to augment the game, Scene It is really a game that should be kept for special occasions.For those special times, it is very worth it.

Part doesn't work for us
Maybe no one else has run into this, but for us part of the DVD won't work.It plays most of the categories, but every time we try to use "All play to win," the images are garbled to the point where they can't be seen.(Our DVD player is new, bought in January 2005.)We still can play the rest of the game, just have to skip that section or use another part.
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Reviews (2)

The Best Game I Own, but for Hardcore Fans Only
You better know your stuff before you plan on purchasing this game and make sure you know 2-4 people who know more than they should as well about the Star Wars universe. Some of these questions are extremely tough and there are very few easy ones. I used to play the Decipher Star Wars card game, so my memory of those cards actually helped me a lot with remembering certain characters that were barely mentioned in the films. This is a truly great game that we knowledgeable Star Wars fans finally deserve.

If you're a Star Wars fan, this is fun
There's nothing like getting together with fellow Star Wars fans and play this special version of Trivial Pursuit. It's great! It's just like the old Trivial Pursuit with, of course, questions only about Star Wars. When you try for a wedge, however, you have to resort to one of two DVDs that come with the game for the question. If you don't answer the question in the time limit given, your oponents can shout out the right answer - as long as they don't have the wedge - and possibly steal it from you. If you like the classic Trivial Pursuit and you happen to be a Star Wars fan and you have a couple like-minded friends or family members, this is a lot of fun and definitely worth the money. ... Read more

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Features

• Trivial Pursuit 6th Edition is the newest form of the trivia game that will provide all Trivial Pursuit fans (new and old) with the most updated experience. Comes with 4800 all new general knowledge questions in 6 categories -- People/Places, Art/Entertainment, History, Science/Nature, Sports/Leisure and Wild Card.
• Number of Players: 2-6.
• For Adults. From adding machines to laptops... JFK to George W. Bush... Bell-bottoms to bootlegs...beta cassettes to DVD.
• For over 20 years, Trivial Pursuit games have provided endless hours of trivia amusement to millions of people worldwide.
• Get yours today!

Reviews (8)

Back to the Basics, But Tinged With Pop Culture.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT VOLUME 6 is one of the better regular editions of trivial pursuit to come along in several years (the last good regular edition was VOLUME 2). It's the same basic trivial pursuit game that has been played for the past 20 or so years, but with over 5,000 new questions.The categories are the same as in most of the Trivial Pursuit games:People & Places, Arts & Entertainment, History, Science & Nature, Sports & Leisure, and Wild Card.Also, there haven't been any major rule changes as far as I can tell.

Nevertheless, the game does have one major flaw. There is an overabundance of questions relying on popular culture that pop up (pardon the pun) in all of the categories, including the history and science & nature categories.I know that some of the early Trivial Pursuit games made for young people contained many pop culture references, but the original Trivial Pursuit games did not. One of the reasons that the history and science & nature cateogries used to be some of the most difficult categories to win at was because they didn't have any pop culture questions. That isn't the case with this edition.

Still, the game is a lot of fun to play and is a great way to study up on useless knowledge (something that I'm quite familiar with). By the way, what extract of the cinchona tree was once known as "Jesuit bark," for the missionaries who first brought it back to Europe? Anyone know?

A:quinine.

You have to be kidding me . . .
Sorry, but Volume 6 does NOT compare to the classic Genus and Genus II versions of this game.Rather, Volume 6 relies heavily on People Magazine-type trivia -- lots of inane pop culture-oriented questions, for which even die-hard trivia fans will be saying "Who cares?"An example of this is a question about Christina Ricci appearing in a GAP commercial.This was in the HISTORY category!Lame!About 40% of the questions seemed to fall into this category.Another 20-30% were ridiculously easy, a further 20% ridiculously obscure.The creators have also ditched the nuanced questioning style of the original game, by which one could often deduce the answer, even when it was something otherwise unknown.

I think the problem here is that TP is issuing too many versions in too short a period of time.Genus 5, which I DO like, came out fairly recently (I think), and I think TP needs to take some more time to write better questions.Part of the fun of TP has been that you learn from the questions you miss.With Volume 6, you just don't care.

An old classic
If you're unfamilliar with the concept of this game, which I can't really imagine, Trivial pursuit, in all its many incarnations, is a game of trivia, in which you must answer correctly at least one question in each category in order to win.The categories are: Arts and Entertainment, Sports and leisure, Science and nature, People and places, History, and a wild card category.The questions are hard, most of them will be things you probably have heard of and forgotten, since they are trivia, yet you'll always find that question which you know, making the game fun and exciting for every player.For comparison, Most of the questions in this game would be up on the upper levels of the TV show Jeapordy.

If you love random trivia and love even more besting your friends and showing off your knowledge of that random trivia, then this might just be the game that you've been looking for. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Voted a Best Party Game of the Year by Games magazine, Wise and Otherwise belongs next to Pictionary and Scrabble in your arsenal of fun. This creative, interactive game (read: everybody shouting, flailing, laughing) revolves around 500 cards, each emblazoned with five obscure and long-forgotten sayings from around the world. For example, one old Chinese saying is, "Don't add salt to a boatload of salt fish." One side of the card states, "Don't add salt to..."and it is the job of the players to devise probable endings. "Don't add salt to salty soup," for example. Or, "Don't add salt to the open wound." (The actual endings are listed on the flip sides of the cards.) A player wins points when other players vote for his or her special ending, or when the player guesses the actual ending, so the goal is to finish the proverb as convincingly as possible given the geographic region in question. Each elegant box contains one game board, 500 cards, six writing pads, six pencils, one die, and six player pawns. People who love language, oddly hilarious translations, offbeat proverbs, or just making people look foolish by guessing their very clever answers will adore this game. We predict: The one who plays this game ... will hear the laughter. ... Read more

Reviews (131)

The best board game I've ever played
This game is a blast. I've never written an online review before, but I felt like I needed to for Wise and Otherwise. I've had my copy for a few years now, and have probably played about forty games on it. (Each game takes at least an hour or two and is most fun with four to six people with roughly similar verbal skills / creative abilities, so it takes a little effort to get a game going.) It's definitely a little "slow" when you start out playing, but once everyone in the game has played once or twice and understands how to play, it becomes incredibly fun. You don't necessarily have to be a "word" person to like it, or even think of yourself as creative, though imagination helps. A little like Balderdash... but with the potential to be way more fun.

Wise and Otherwise Board Game
This game is GREAT!!!Fun for multicultural groups, as well.I played once with a Canadian, a New Zealander, two Australians, an Egyptian and two Dutch women, and me, an American.Makes for VERY interesting responses and tremendous laughter!You can play without the board.Just take paper and pencils (included) and the cards.We took it to the beach on the Red Sea and played in between snorkelling and sunbathing.

Sounds lame... Really not lame!
My dad had this on his amazon wish list for years before someone finally bought it for him for Christmas.No one would play with him, we all thought it sounded lame.Finally, the next Thanksgiving, we conceded to play this game.We couldn't believe how fun it was.We loved it.

If you're thinking about getting this for someone you know, I would if I were you.Then you can play it... or buy one for yourself.I have it on my wish list now. ... Read more

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Reviews (2)

You can wait til May 19...
...or you could get this now and see tons of footage from Return of the Sith [sic] a few weeks early. That's really the only reason I bought it, and I was not disappointed in the slightest. Many questions are in the form of a movie clip, and there are quite a few questions on Episode 3. And none of it is from the 11/04 teaser trailer or regular trailer that's been out for months. Though if you really want to see these clips, you're best off just playing the DVDs, rather than actually playing round after round of TP with them...

Okay, so I couldn't possibly have played it yet.But C'MON!
Sure, it's not even out yet and I'm rating the holy hell out of it.But C'MON!Imagine if the original Star Wars Trivial Pursuit and the game Scene It had a kid together...There's no way it wouldn't be great!


Again, I argue...C'MON! ... Read more

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Reviews (47)

I'm So Glad I Found It!
My family and I played this game this pass weekend and I have never laughed so hard in my life!This game is too much fun!Not only do you get to learn about the people you are with, but you also get to find out just how witty or clever they are!I'm related to a bunch of comedians!I can't wait to play this with my friends!

Laughed so hard...
My family are avid board game players, and we absolutely love this game.We are a family of smart asses and it feeds right into our sense of humor. You answer the loaded questions (e.g. What is your best body part?What do you wish you never had to hear about again? What rich person do you think doesn't deserve it?) and try to guess who gave which answer. We work inside jokes into the questions and often answer sarcastically or try to throw each other off with answers we think others would give.Sometimes the person reading the answers cannot even get through them for laughing so hilariously.It depends on the group but I've nearly wet myself everytime I've played this.

Wonderful game- full of laughs
This game is perfect for a group of friends.Whether lifelongs friends or new aquaintences, its a perfect way to get to know each other- or test your friends knowledge of you... ... Read more

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Reviews (6)

If it worked, I'd rate it higher
I've played the original edition movie many times and loved it.Was really looking forward to this.Don't know what they did wrong, but it sure was something.We have two DVD players, a Toshiba and a Panasonic.The Toshiba is less than 6 months old, and the Panasonic has never failed to play a non-defective disk...until now.

The disk is partially playable on the Toshiba, but you can't stop the game once started except by ejecting the disk.Sometimes it freezes, and you have to start all the way over, going through all those introductions you can't bypass. At final cut, if you say you got the answer wrong, it always freezes, and you've got to eject the disk and lose everything.The Panasonic simply says the format of the disk can't be read.

Screenlife, while polite,basically says, "We're looking into it".So, be forwarned.Be prepared for the possibility that the game is unplayable on your equipment and make sure you save your receipt.I'm not sure what Amazon's return policy is in this situation, whether you get a full refund or not.After all, it isn't their fault, it's the manufacturers.

Sure hope they fix this.

AWESOME!
This game is the best! It keeps selling out, but luckily we were finally able to get one. We have been playing it non-stop and really having such a blast with it.It's very fun playing it with several people in teams and it's just as much fun playing with only two people. Several of us have decided that this was our new favorite party game. You won't be disappointed if you buy this one. I hope they will continue to make extras for these games because we will keep buying them!

ok
this game was very exciting to me at first until i realized i couldnt answer any of the questions...they questions were very challenging i think only people with a high level of movie trivia and 20 year old people and up should play this game ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Spell a word backwards, hum a tune, answer a multiple-choicequestion, draw with your eyes closed, and more when you play Cranium.Unlike games that focus on only a few skills, Cranium offers 14talent-tapping activities designed to bring out the best in you and yourfriends. Cards from four decks, color-coded to match each of the crazycharacters--Star Performer, Creative Cat, Data Head, and WordWorm--describe activities that teams must complete in order to advance aroundthe board. If you choose a Sculptorades card from the Creative Catdeck, for example, you might be asked to sculpt a hamburger fromlemon-scented Cranium Clay while your teammates try to guess what you'recreating.

To win the game, teams have to make it to Cranium Central--the largepurple brain in the center of the board--and then successfully completeone activity from each of the four decks. The result is that the teamwith the best combination of abilities comes out on top. With itswonderfully diverse set of activities and top-notch design (artwork byillustrator GaryBaseman decorates the colorful board and decks of cards), Craniumoffers the best of all board game experiences--and it's a whole lot offun, too! (For 4 or more players) ... Read more

Reviews (496)

Hours of Fun, and Most of it is Spent Laughing
Cranium is the ultimate combination of every party game you love in one nice package.Acting, unscrambling, humming, drawing, there is always a new challenge to face that will have the entire group laughing.

You play the game in partners and will find the games level of difficulties ranging from spelling a word to 60's trivia. The competition is eased through the constant mishap whiletrying to complete the zany challenges which adds for a funner atmosphere.

The games design is modern and nicely done, and the replay value of the game is high since the card booster sets have been made and the first deck will last you a long time.Cranium doesn't get old fast, it's so entertaining I doubt it will ever get old.It is a must own game and definately the best of the new wave of party games.

Cranium's Crazy Contests earn it
A Bliss of 9

Good game
Cranium is a good game, but does not appeal to everyone in the group. Rigamarole is a lot more fun and there is something for everyone.

THE SMARTEST, WITTIEST, FUNNIEST, COOLEST, FUNNEST GAME EVER
This is without a doubt the best boardgame ever created! Friends of mine who hate boardgames love this one! It combines pictionary, charades, trivia, and a whole slew of other exciting games--all in one! Highly recommended for teenagers and adults. ... Read more

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Reviews (22)

Fun for adults too
You have to have a sense of humor to play this game. It's not actually educational so much as fun. Most of the words on here you would never have heard of, unless of course, your major is Old Dead English Words. This game is great for drinking parties. It's also fun for just easy laughs with friends. The game is basically about how well you can bull*hit.

You make up definitions to words or you pick the actual definition of obscure words.Keep a straight face and be as creative as you can. Your own imagination makes this game fun!

Definitely try this game! It's a lot of fun once you start it. This game works best with a decent sized group of people (more than 4).

The more creative you are, the more fun you will have.

Good party game
This is a great game to play at parties or take on vacation. Many of these words might be too hard for children. But, for adults it is a lot of fun. The object is to come up with a definition of some obscure word in order to fool your opponents.
I have A lot of fun with this game. I generally like to come up with some riddiculous answer

for example: One word was Throp- I gave the definition "Something a 'thrabbit' does!"

Many of the words are nouns. and many of the words are technical jargon of a specific field or profession.

Its a good vocabulary biulder. Great practice for the game of scrabble.

MASSIVLY improved from the first version
I just played the new version for the first time last weekend at a friends.Wo... so much better!Instead of just thinking up definitions for crazy words, you can also think of...

Film Plots:You are given the name of a movie, such as "Hot Under The Collar" and you make up a one sentence plot description.

People:You're given a name, such as "Jennifer Leland" and you makeup why she might be famous.(I don't care for this category too much... too hard to tell from a name what someone might have done.)

Initials:You're given a set of letters, such as D.H.F.C. and then you makeup something it could stand for.

Silly Laws: "In New Jersey it is against the law to bake apple pies..." and then you finish the sentence.

All players hand in their made-up definitions, descriptions, etc to someone who reads them all, along with the REAL one, and everyone tries to guess which one is legitimate.

I would personally disagree with the reviews which say this game isn't meant to be taken seriously, and the idea is to be as silly as possible.I think it's quit fun to try and concoct answers that fool people into guessing that yours is the correct answer. But however you want to pay it, there's no doubt that this is one the all-time great party games, and it's well worth the twenty-five bucks.If you try it and don't have an absolute blast, email me and (depending on my mood) I'll refund your money.:-)

Enjoy! ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Count on Trivial Pursuit to keep up with new millennium trends. This tremendously popular game has been updated with a fun DVD feature that allows players to view TV clips, songs, commercials, movie scenes, and more tidbits from pop culture. As in the original Trivial Pursuit game, two to four adult players (or teams) pose questions to one another in six categories, in this case TV, Fads, Buzz, Music, Movies, and Sports & Games. As they correctly answer questions, players move around the board, collecting colored wedges. To win a scoring wedge, though, players must answer an on-screen question with a variety of visual cues. So rev up those pop culture engines and get ready to come up with the name of Big Star's first record or the candy Ronald Reagan favored. The game includes game board, DVD, 400 question-and-answer cards, one die, four cute tokens (lava lamp, mixed tape entitled "Awesome Mix/Makeout Tunes," cell phone, and joystick), 30 scoring wedges, and instructions. Note: although the game features over 2,000 new questions, only a few hundred of them are DVD questions, leading to inevitable repetition. --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

Features

• Pop Culture DVD Edition
• Play the DVD and answer trivia questions from 6 categories
• Includes game board, DVD, Q&A cards, 1 die, 4 tokens, 30 scoring wedges, and instructions
• 2 to 6 players or teams

Features

• 1000 questions based on the hit HBO show

Reviews (3)

okay but a few mistakes!
my husband bought this for me for christmas. i was so excited to open it and test it out. i've already found 2 answers that are WRONG!! i'm positively sure they're wrong too b/c i went back and watched that certain show. it's okay but it could've been a lot better. sex and the city is still the BEST show EVER!!

Good times to remember
While playing this game you find yourself back looking back at our favorite thing to do on a Sunday night! I would totally recommend it!!

Sex and the City Trivia, Lacking............................
I, like you, am a huge SATC fan.I have every season on DVD and watch them often.I could not wait until the trivia game came out.They pushed back the release date about 2 times.All I could think was, wow, they must be making this fantastic.When the trivia game finaly came out, I ran the to store and bought it.I got home, rippied off the plastic, and lifted the lid.There was a sheet of intructions, one small dice, one small stack of small cards, and one small stack of large cards.I lifted the huge black plstic holder to see the board and what else was waiting for me.To my huge dissapointment there was nothing else, not even a board, or pieces to move around with. The object of the game is to collect cards.They are fun and cute, at least they are pink, but so much more could have been done.The pink metal box that the cards come in is too large for what is actually inside, which is very misleading, making you think your getting more. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

The wildly popular and award-winning Cranium board game has revved its engines and gone turbo! As in the original game, players in teams race around the board, sculpting, humming, spelling, or drawing answers to clues. But the Turbo edition is enhanced by 1,000 new cards and adds six outrageous activities to the 10 originals, including Odd Couple (determine which two things don't belong in a list), Zooma (identify objects shown in close-up), and Mindmeld (read teammates' minds to come up with the same words on a given topic). An electronic Turbo timer lights up and blasts music to keep the momentum going, as if watching your teammates sculpt "hot pants" or turn each other into puppets isn't energizing enough! Includes the Cranium board, 1,000 cards with 16 activities, a tub of clay, an electronic timer (requires three "AA" batteries [not included]), pencils and pads, and four game pieces. One of the best games around, with something for everyone! --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

Reviews (9)

family night
my family night people found that we enjoyed cranium sooooo much and that we have played it so many thimes that we memorized that cards

My new favorite game!
coming from someone that has only played the original cranium once, I was blown away by the Turbo edition.It was amazing to see how everyone was so into the game play even when it wasn't their turn.The types and variety of questions made this game a lot of fun and continuously interesting.Cranium brings aspects of all your favorite games into one!Even the modeling clay smelled nice!The actual gameplay was very easy to understand.The only drawback was the timer/question selector.We had to silence it a bit and it took some time for everyone to figure out how long to hold it down for it to work.It was also a bit hard to hear over it during the singing questions.overall - a GREAT game that could never get old!

This game ROCKS!
So I have been a lover of Cranium (the original) for years. The formula for parties is great, everyone can master at least a few of the skills requires so all stay excited and engaged. This new release adds even more skills to the mix so you are constantly having to switch your thinking. In addition it adds a little electronic doohickey to substitute for dice. Now, I don't normally go in for gimmicky stuff like this, and I can't say that I have ever met a board game with batteries that I liked, but this thing is pretty cool. It doubles as the dice element, adding some randomness, and as the timer, pretty cool. I also enjoy the little song it plays. I got this game right before the holidays and took it home to play with the family. I have always played with my piers (23 - 30) and was pleased to find that my parents, and even my grandmother thought it was totally entertaining. Get this game, it rocks! ... Read more

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Editorial Review

That iMAgiNiff was developed by two brothers (in Australia) makes perfect sense, because this is a board game you'll want to share with family and friends. It's simple to play. A set of names is chosen, usually the name of every player plus those of several absent friends. When it's your turn, one name is selected as the subject of the question. You pick a card--one of hundreds--that poses a question and six possible answers (for example, "Imaginiff _____ were a crime. Which would he/she be?"). Read the question aloud, plugging in the subject's name. Then read out the six answers (in this case, they range from "homicide" to "indecent exposure"). Each player picks an answer to fit the subject; those who have picked the most popular answer move forward. But though you win by advancing, winning is obviously not the point: laughter and arguments are. The questions on the cards range from the ridiculous ("Imaginiff _____ were a body part.") to the provocative ("Imaginiff _____ had to decide which of the following values is most important."). The game is a fun cross between Scruples and True Colors. --Elisa Murray ... Read more

Reviews (30)

Not for 2 players
I was looking for games that 2 people could play. The site states that it is for 2 to 8 players. It is not. When I got the game and started reading the instructions it became clear that you need at least 3 players. Then I looked on the box and it clearly states "for 3 to 8 players". I don't know how to rate it because we did not get to play it.

Kid's point of view
I am 14 years old and I played this game recently at a family reunion.We had a blast!Everybody joined in on the game: my grandparents, my uncle and aunt, my dad, my cousins, etc.Even my 6 year old cousin was able to play with us.This is a very sociable game.I would say that the only problem was that only 8 people could play!

"The funniest game you can imagine!"
"iMAGiNiff" is a fun game for all. Great tool for learning more about your friends and laughing your head off at the same time!Truly a game that you have fun whether you win or lose--there should be more games like this! Having fun is the reason why we play games, after all.

"iMAGiNiff" calls for 3-8 players ages 12 and up. This game isn't designed for young kids, but I have a six year-old daughter and she always wants to play along on games when we have our friends over but she rarely can. "iMAGiNiff" is great for kids! We just gave her a pawn and matching color cards and let her put down a number one through six and over half the time she got it right (said what most other people said.) We kept her tied with the winner so even though she didn't really "play" she felt like a winnner.Good, because she IS! She laughed and had as great a time as the rest of us! (Now when does that happen when kids play games?) For younger kids, this helps them learn their numbers and colors.Of course, this again, ISN'T designed for kids, it is for adults but the fact that your kids CAN PLAY along (if need be) without disturbing your fun is just brilliant.

I'll share a question where I was the blank: "iMAGiNiff" Kellye were something worn on the hand.What would she be?" 1 Brass knuckles 2 Silk Glove 3 Diamond Ring 4 Rubber Glove 5 Puppet 6 Mitten. [Quick, friends that are reading this, guess an answer.] One friend and my husband got it right and another friend answered puppet.Well, three, diamond ring was my answer after debating between picking brass knuckles since I am a kickboxer and would love to do a mean punch if I ever needed to and then rubber gloves since I am studying to be a nurse. But diamonds after all, are a girl's best friend! I didn't like the puppett answer (I am not one to be controlled, buddy!) but my friend explained he put that because puppets were fun and I was fun.So if you get a weird answer you can always ask them to explain. I was slowest putting down answers about everyone because I love to imagine! The one thing I don't like about the game is that when one puts down an answer about oneself, seems like that should be the definitive answer but it isn't, majority rules; paradoxically, this fact actually makes it all the funner because it helps you see how other people see you. I do hope the makers come up with refill cards to buy because we will be wearing this game out, everyone loves it.

This game is an Essential for get-togethers with your friends! Buy it now! You are truly missing out if you don't own it.
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Reviews (19)

Really wanted to like it
I purchased this item based on customer reviews.They were all good, ALL seemed to be 5 stars.When I received the game and played it with the bunch of women I play games with every Saturday night, we ended up closing the game midway through.Most of the questions were too simple.For instance, almost all of one of the catagories cards read something like this:Read the qualities on the back of the card and determine which player best demonstrates them, or something to that effect.Well, I've known these people for years, there was no challenge there, not at all.Then there was the sing song cards that had you sing lyrics to given songs as long as you didn't sing the title, again, extremely easy. Trying to figure out who has the biggest hands of the people playing, not good.Who is the tallest playing, how is this fun? As a matter of fact, the only cards we enjoyed were the tongue twisters, as they were the only ones that were challenging.
I was very disappointed in this game and wish I could send it back because it will never be played again.If this game sounds good to you, buy Cranium instead.Same premise but better executed.

Better than Cranium...Possibly the Best Boardgame Ever!!!
I have played a lot of party games. Cranium, balderdash, Taboo, etc. I loved them all and they never got old. But after I bought Rigamarole and played it, I have to say it beats all of those games. It has the same concept of Cranium (except it has a total of 6 categories...not 4) and has many more "games" for each card. The games rarely repeat and you find the craziest and funniest games to play. It even comes with a blindfold to play a category of blindfolded games (for example, a blindfolded player must listen to the ingredients of a food and guess what the food is). It also has a series called "stage fright" which require pantomiming or singing or such...."think tank" which requires you to recite stories without using 'e' in any of the words or trying to list words whose letters are in alphabetical order within the word... "double whammy" which are a series of various games that are worth twice as much and are like making a player laugh for 10 seconds on the other team or selecting a person from each team to see who can take the largest step..."Free to Be Me" which often asks to determine on your team who has some given characteristics or traits such as "an outtie" or "who was born in a year divisible by 3". Some of the challenges are tough but thats what makes it fun! The objective on the instruction reads "To have fun and be social." Thats exactly what this game does. If you want the ULTIMATE game, buy this if you like cranium...buy it if you don't.

Great Game
One thing with board games is that I'm not competitive.Often, I'd rather just read the questions or challenges than actually play the game.My attitude can infuriate competitive teammates and opponents.A great thing about this game is that one can always come back.So, for those competitive types, they're never completely out of it and for slacker teammates, redemption is often around the corner.

I like the format of this game and it's creative mix of challeneges.The stories we tell without using a word with the letter 'e' may never make any sense, but it's entertaining to try.

This is definately a game worth owning and way better than a night in front of the tv.

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Editorial Review

Clear your throat and drink that honey-lemon tea: It's time toplay Encore, the game of dueling larynxes. The goal is to come up witha song that contains particular words--and then sing lines from thesong that contains those words. Here's how it works: The first teamturns up a card featuring five words; the two teams then take turnssinging at least six words of any song that contains one of those five.The round continues until one team is stumped, which, if the word is"love," could take a while. But repetition is not allowed, and forevery "said" and "moon," there's a "highway" or "piano"--whaddya dowhen you've exhausted the Billy Joel songbook? And it's great to draw alyric that's in a song title, but if you don't know five others thatcome after, you'll be like the player who drew "nice"; he spent theentire run of the sand timer with his shoulders hunched like Sinatrabecause he couldn't connect "and let's make all the stops along theway" with the song's title, "Nice 'N' Easy." Oh, and don't play Encorewith Renaissance Faire actors--when they draw the word "lady," they'llcome up with an inexhaustible supply of 15th-century madrigals. Onlyafter they've won will you discover that they were all bogus. --TonyMason ... Read more

Reviews (23)

Good Good - Well, Most of the time
Do not get me wrong, Encore is a great game.There are just a few things that make it less enjoyable.First of all, it is hard to explain the rules and gameplay to some people.Some people understand it right away, but others do not.Second of all, how can you land in the grand finale exactly when you have two dice - and are one spot away from it? Third (and my biggest point of all) anyone with half a brain could act like they didn't know a song until the other team flipped the timer over and then "suprisingly" start singing it.

It also is very easy to make up songs that no one has ever heard of and say that they are real.If you can kind of make your own rules up, buy this game.If you are the type of person who ALWAYS has to follow every rule in the instruction book, stay away.

Favorite Board Game
My family LOVES this game.You never know where your inspiration will come from; in my house we've gone from Sinatra to Dead Kennedys to vacation bible school songs.You spend as much time laughing as singing!Forget musical talent!As long as you know the words and can closely approximate the tune, you're golden.

The Best Game Ever
We are big game players and have never had more fun with any other game. It's great for a party of adults, for adults with kids, for college kids...whatever. People always talk about it weeks after we play. Our middle school son and his friends will always join in if they see us playing with friends which says a great deal!! We've played with all of our friends, our kids, both sets of parents (!), relatives, my minister, people from other countries and people we didn't know at all. I would say it's the perfect icebreaker but you won't stop playing. LOL They put the board back in which is great. There should be a tv show! Our 17 year old would be world champ! ... Read more

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The Ultimate Lord of the Rings Game
Even though the description typed on the websites are way off base, it's called read the actual box on the game to find out that it is 600 questions on 2 DVDs, the game is wonderful.Even my wife, who HATES Lord of the Rings, enjoyed playing this.Being able to use both the cards and DVDs is a wonderful feature, you can literally play dozens of times without getting the same questions twice.If you like the movies, if you think you know them like I do, you will love this game.Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!!! ... Read more

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Features

• Trivial Pursuit Disney - The Animated Picture Edition.
• Fun for the whole family with 1,800 questions about Disney animated movies.
• Classic Trivial Pursuit gameplay in 6 categories - Heroes & Heroines, Once Upon a Time, Monsters & Villains, Supporting Stars, Places & Props and The Wonderful World of Disney.
• Cards are split for adults and younger players.
• Ages 6 to adult. 2-6 players Contents: Gameboard 300 Question-and-answer cards (150 for adults, 150 for younger players) Card box Card divider Six scoring tokens 36 colored wedges die instructions Disney filmography card.

Reviews (4)

Good could be Better....
This game is fun but it is also tricky.I have the game in a collectors tin which makes for nice keeping.I have fun playing this game as I love board games but I can find some of the questions extremely tricky for adults as I wasn't old enough for a lot of the ?'s and then for the children's ?'s many are too easy.So this game can get frustrating for us playing it.I do wish they would come out with more ?'s as some have suggested as I too have finished mine.I still have fun playing this game, but find those few things a con in this great game.

Just a Little Disappointed
I agree with the other reviewers that this game is a lot of fun but there is only one small box of cards (1/2 adult and 1/2 child questions). My daughter and I played 2 games and had already gone through the cards. Even though we didn't get the same questions most of the time it was still disappointing. I called Hasbro and they have no plans of making additional cards for this game, which is really too bad. Does anyone else remember when Trivial Pursuit had 2 huge boxes of questions and the other question boxes that you could purchase?
Aaaaah memories!

A fun game for everyone
I got this game from my hubby for Christmas, and I have to say that I'm not disappointed.It covers many of the Disney animated movies, starting with "Steamboat Willy" from 1928 and going right up to "Tarzan" from 1999.And the questions aren't all "Who is this character?"...some of them are quite challenging, especially if you haven't seen the particular movie!
The game comes with 2 sets of cards - the adult questions and the children questions, so everyone can play.
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Features

• Ages: 25 and up
• Average Play Time: 30-60 minutes
• Number of Players: 2 to 5 players or teams

Reviews (30)

Great fun for people 27 to 38
The age range is just an estimate, but I think it's a pretty close guess (I'm 29, my boyfriend is 35).I tried playing the 90's Game with my little brother's friends and didn't do as well. My friends and I love this game and have hours of fun with it. We usually play in teams of two or three people, and we all agree it's more entertaining that way (less pressure on the individual). I would recommend an agreed upon time limit (like 1 or 2 minutes) to answer questions, otherwise the game gets a bit long. Also, the sports questions are very specific, which puts you at a disadvantage if you don't know anything about sports (but gives you an edge if you're a sports buff).In summary, the 80's Game is a totally tubular experience for people who came of age in the 80's.

Not as good as I had hoped...
I am definitely a child of the 80's but found this game a bit difficult. We did better when we played it as a team, because the sports questions were way too hard for everyone except the one sports fanatic of the group. It took a very long time to play unless you land on the jump space just right. We ended up changing the rules and it was much more enjoyable, but the questions are quite challenging even if you grew up during the 80's.

Great Game
If you were born between 1965 and 1980, you MUST own this game.The set-up of the game is good, but the questions are great.You will have a blast remembering some of the crazy songs/people/movies of the 80s.Big hair not required. ... Read more

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