It may seem easy now, but believe me, it's hard when the time comes. You have 3 minutes to fill in 12 categories, so it's not the time. I find my mind often draws a blank when first presented with the lists, but if I go through it filling in the easy answers first, I can often fill in some of the harder ones later.
Officially, the game is for 2 to 6 players, so the title of my review should have been great small group game. But small messes up my alliteration. Seriously, I did play this once in a large group, and we just played with several teams instead of the traditional individual players.
This is a fun way to increase vocabulary under pressure. I've enjoyed it every time I've played it, and I'm sure you will as well.
Basically Scattergories makes you list as many items that start with the same letter as you can within a three-minute time span. The game has a little twist that if you pick the same answer as any of your opponents it does not count for your score. So it makes it a little harder than just naming items. If your word is too easy, someone else might also get it and neither of you gets the point. Some of the items people come up with are very funny too! This game makes me laugh and I enjoy playing it a lot, which is the only draw back I can think of. After a lot of playing you do start memorizing the cards and remembering what words can go there. It does take you a long time to get to that point and I would not consider that a reason for not buying this game. It is really a great game.
