
2002Tom Quinn, Ted Quinn, Mark Sherry
From BoardGameGeek
Things... is a party game where everyone writes a response to a particular prompt, such as "Things... you shouldn't put in your mouth," and the players then try to guess which player wrote which response. A reader is chosen. This reader reads aloud a Topic Card. The players all write a response, fold up the slip of paper and turn it in to the reader, who reads them aloud once and then a second time. The player to the left of the reader has to guess who wrote which response. This is all done from memory, without benefit of taking notes or having the responses read again. If the guesser is correct, he or she continues guessing until incorrect, at which time the player to his/her left tries guessing. Players whose responses were correctly identified are eliminated and cannot make guesses. The round ends when one player has not been matched to a response. 1 point is awarded for each correct guess. 6 points are awarded to the person who successfully avoided detection. The job of reader passes to the left. When everyone has been reader once, the game ends. High score wins.
The Game of Things has 4 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from 2013 to October 2017.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Game of Things Game Review" by Game Boy Geek. To see it played, watch "The Game of Things - With Hot Pepper Gaming, Dodger & Chad! - Table Flip" by GameGrumps.
If you like it, try Tripped, also by Tom Quinn, or Turing Machine, Battleship and Trio, which share several of its mechanics.
2022Fabien Gridel, Yoann Levet
1 - 4 players20 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Things... is a party game where everyone writes a response to a particular prompt, such as "Things... you shouldn't put in your mouth," and the players then try to guess which player wrote which response. A reader is chosen. This reader reads aloud a Topic Card. The players all write a response, fold up the slip of paper and turn it in to the reader, who reads them aloud once and then a second time. The player to the left of the reader has to guess who wrote which response. This is all done from memory, without benefit of taking notes or having the responses read again. If the guesser is correct, he or she continues guessing until incorrect, at which time the player to his/her left tries guessing. Players whose responses were correctly identified are eliminated and cannot make guesses. The round ends when one player has not been matched to a response. 1 point is awarded for each correct guess. 6 points are awarded to the person who successfully avoided detection. The job of reader passes to the left. When everyone has been reader once, the game ends. High score wins.
Designers
Tom Quinn, Ted Quinn, Mark Sherry
Publisher
Giochi Preziosi
Categories
Mechanics