Cranium

[jamiethearcher]

anyone else enjoy this excellent board game?

it is a mix of trivial pursuit, a spelling bee, charades, pictionary, and a bunch of other fun stuff!

My wife and I are friends with another couple, and we play fairly regularly. Unfortunatly, we boys have been on a terrible losing streak for the last while .

EDIT: here is a good description

 

[Mathilda]

Yes, it's a fun game.
Unfortunately it's one of them where all the particiants need to speak the same language fluently, which seems to limit the possibilities to actually to get to play it.

 

[jamiethearcher]

Yes, it's a fun game.
Unfortunately it's one of them where all the particiants need to speak the same language fluently, which seems to limit the possibilities to actually to get to play it.

Wow, you must have a very diverse set of friends! I can't say I have ever had a language barrier problem with this game.

 

[Mathilda]

Wow, you must have a very diverse set of friends! I can't say I have ever had a language barrier problem with this game.

Or not diverse enough.
AVN who I live with doesn't speak Finnish well enough (neither did my ex-husband, who was English) and none of my friends speak English quite well enough to cope with that type of games.
I remeber trying Pictionary a few times with another couple who speak English perfectly well enough for conversation, but didn't work for the game.

 

[classical_hero]

Wrong forum. This should be in the all other games forum.

 

[CivCynic]

I've had a few laughs with that game. Yeah, it's pretty fun.

For the record, I kick a$$ with the spelling bee part of it.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I don't know anyone to play any games like that.

 

[Tycoon101]

I've played it, but I don't have enough friends to play it regularly.

 

[The 777 Hoax]

I love this game! It's very entertaining, especially with adults who look like crazy fools doing some of that stuff...

 

[7ronin]

Is this a new game? I've never seen it in any stores or even heard of it.

 

[CivCynic]

Is this a new game? I've never seen it in any stores or even heard of it.

Wikipedia will be happy to enlighten you.

 

[Perfection]

It's okay, but it's unneccearily complex. Pictionary is better in my view.

 

[bed_head7]

It is hardly comlex. You roll a die with colors, take that color card, and if you do what the card says, you get to move on next turn, and if not, you have to try again next turn. That said, I think I prefer pictionary myself, but as far as board games go, Cranium is rather simple.