Scattergories Categories (2010)

About this game

If you loved the game of "Scattergories", then Scattergories Categories is the next game you will want to play. It's a great twist on your favorite. Keep the fun coming with this fast-thinking categories game. Contains 125 cards, containing 250 word challenges, 2-minute sand timer, 4 pads of score sheets, plastic card base, and rules. In this game, players take a word written vertically, and brainstorm a word that starts with each letter in that word. For example, if the word was FOOD: Frankfurter, Olive, Oatmeal, and Dumplings. New edition with 250 new word challenges was published in 2016.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.4/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 12 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.