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Blank Slate

Game ID: GID0047204
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Description

Each round in Blank Slate, pick one of the 250+ word cue cards (which have 500+ total cues) and reveal it. Each player then writes the word they think best completes the phrase, trying to exactly match another player's word without giving a single hint.

Year Published
2018
Transcript Analysis
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 3
This page: 3
Sentiment: pos 2 · mix 1 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video m2Hcc3WASRs OPG Voices general_discussion at 10:25 sentiment: positive
video_pk 9551 · mention_pk 28271
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Simple and quick to play
  • Promotes humorous collaboration
Cons
  • Subjective humor can vary by group
Thematic elements
  • blank minds think alike
  • house party; prompts with blanks
  • light, party-driven
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Be good humans. Let other people live their life in their way.
  • Live and Let Live.
  • Two-player games are vicious.
  • One board gamer at a time.
  • It's such a cute and clever game.
References (from this video)
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Video c7ViLWCKYWs Rolling Dice and Taking Names general_discussion at 13:41 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 7359 · mention_pk 21771
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • easy to teach
  • great party ice-breaker
Cons
  • subject to taste in humor and prompts
  • can stagnate with repetitive play
Thematic elements
  • word association with prompted prompts
  • casual party game
  • light, social interaction
Comparison games
  • Just One
  • Codenames
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Compound Scoring — scoring based on shared responses among players
  • matching prompts — scoring based on shared responses among players
  • word association — players guess a common word based on a prompt
  • Word building — players guess a common word based on a prompt
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • you're not going to make them do the 45 minute history lesson
  • the kickstarter's three two three two three two three
  • this is a vast playground for cooperative and competitive play alike
References (from this video)
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Video iusO4db72SM Foster the Meeple general_discussion at 6:06 sentiment: positive
video_pk 3260 · mention_pk 9627
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • easy to learn
  • great for families and mixed-age groups
  • promotes quick, clever wordplay
Cons
  • prompts can feel repetitive over time
  • humor and success depend on group dynamics
Thematic elements
  • color words / word association
  • dinner table / casual party
  • light, witty
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • scoring through matching — Points are awarded when players pick similar words to others.
  • word association — Players write a word that fits a prompt, aiming to match others' words.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • it's basically like a drawing version of the game telephone
  • it's on the box literally Telephone Game sketched out
  • this one is holiday themed yep and it is chaos
  • food and play games eat food play games
  • we're going to be talking about four amazing games that you can play at your holiday party
  • it's a great convention game just saying
  • not to be confused with Blank Space by Taylor Swift in blank slate
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