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"EAT, YELLOW, CIRCLE — do you mean pancakes? Or pineapple rings? Oh wait, the CIRCLE is DIVIDED? So something that you eat that is yellow and semicircular? Uh, is it, maybe…a banana?" "Yes, the answer is banana! One point for the Blue Team!"
In the communication game Word Slam, two teams compete against one another simultaneously. In each round, one player on each team tries to get their teammates to guess a hidden word or phrase using only the 105 explanatory cards available in the box. Speaking and acting is forbidden! They must tell their stories using only 105 cards, each with one word on it: a noun, verb, adjective, or preposition. A player can use as many explanatory cards as desired, and whichever team guesses correctly first scores a point. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins!
Word Slam Midnight features the same gameplay as the original Word Slam in a compact format. This version includes 210 story word cards and 100 answer cards, with a total of 600 answer terms in four difficulty levels, .
In this version, the die and timer is replaced by an app. Instead of using card holders, the two box halves are used as screens between the teams, and the answer cards are played behind the screens. Word Slam Midnight can be played as both an expansion to the base game and a standalone game.
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- Ramy uh tiny little card game where you're drafting these cards Ramy style trying to complete these objectives and that will also tailor your point scoring at the end
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