Guesstures

Charades against a timer that eats the cards you have not snatched in time.

Designers: Jeffrey Breslow, Howard J. Morrison
Published by: Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)
Editions by: Hasbro, Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Parker Spiele

Guesstures (1990) is charades with a ticking device. The active player gets four cards, each with two words, one easy and one hard, and the harder word is worth more points. You choose one word per card and load them into the timer, then have about a minute to get your teammates to say them out loud. When a word is guessed, you must snatch its card out of the timer before the machine eats it, one card at a time. Points go for every card you rescue. So you are acting, guessing and grabbing all at once. It is built for big teams: four players is the minimum, up to a dozen is comfortable, and a round is over in about ten minutes.

Choose easy or hard words for more pointsA timer device that eats your cardsTeam acting and guessing in one minute

Who it's for

You have a living room full of people, six or more, who like acting things out under pressure.

Not for you if…

You dislike acting, or you have fewer than four players. It is a team party game.

Vibe's take

Loud, frantic and physical. Someone is acting out a word while someone else dives at the timer, and it is hard not to laugh.