Scattergories cover
1988BGG rank #2,743

Scattergories

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Players2–6
Time30m
ComplexityLight
Age12+

About the game

What is Scattergories?

In Scattergories, published in 1988 by Milton Bradley, each player fills out a category list with answers that begin with the same letter. If no other player matches your answers, you score points. The game is played in rounds. After 3 rounds a winner is declared, and a new game can be begun. Scattergories is a commercial version of an old parlor game known as Categories or Guggenheim. Similar to: Facts in Five

How it plays

Mechanics

Dice RollingPaper-and-Pencil

On the shelf

Categories

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