Poetry for Neanderthals
Explain a word using only one-syllable grunts before someone bops you with the NO! Stick for cheating.
Who it's for
Big, loud groups and families who want a dumb, hilarious word game that never overstays its welcome.
Not for you if…
You want quiet, thoughtful gameplay, because this one is deliberately loud, silly and a little chaotic.
Vibe's take
loud, silly, fast, hilarious, chaotic
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About this game
Poetry for Neanderthals hands you a word your team needs to guess, then takes away almost every word you'd normally use to describe it. As the caveman-brained Poet, you're only allowed one-syllable words, no exceptions, and the second you slip up and say something fancy like 'vegetable', the other team gets to bop you on the head with the NO! Stick and steal your points. Simple terms are worth one point, trickier ones three, and rounds fly by in a blur of grunted clues and gleeful stick-swinging. Loud, dumb in the best way, and genuinely funny even on the tenth play.
Get it
from $20
By the numbers
Players
Duration
15 min
Ages 10+
Complexity
1.1 / 5 — Very LightBGG Rating
6.2/10
Rank #2,379
3.9k ratings
Published
2020
Language
Language essential
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