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HOW TO PLAY -
TIMES UP!
- GAME
RULES
Object: To score the most points by
collecting names in three separate rounds.
Quickplay: A game is played using a
set of randomly chosen name cards. Each team gets 30 seconds to
guess as many names as possible, with one player giving clues to his
teammates. Players can always use sound effects and pantomime, but
speech becomes more restricted as the game progresses:
In Round 1 - Cluegivers can say anything.
In Round 2 - Cluegivers can say only one word.
In Round 3 - Cluegivers can't say anything.
Each round ends when all names in the Deck
of Fame have been guessed. All names are put back into the Deck
for the next round. High score after the third round wins.
Setup: Divide into teams with team
members sitting across from each other. Time's Up! works best when
played in teams of two players each. (Three teams of two, for
example, is better than two teams of three.) With more than ten
players, larger teams will be necessary. Choose a player to keep
score.
Decide whether you'll be using the YELLOW
or the BLUE names. Make sure everyone knows which color you're
using! Do not mix colors within the same game.
Deal out 40 cards evenly among all
players (for a longer game, deal out more cards.) Then deal
two more cards to each player. The rest of the deck won't be used
and should be put back in the box. Each player may look at their
cards and discard two of them. (Players should not reveal their
cards to each other.) All remaining cards are then shuffled
together and stacked face down in the center of the table. This
stack is the Deck of Fame.
Choose a Starting team to take the
Deck. The next team clockwise from the starting team takes the
timer.
PLAY: Round 1 - Almost anything goes
with cluegiving but passing is not allowed. On each team's
turn, one member of the team is the Cluegiver and the rest are the
Guessers. (On successive turns, the Cluegiver will be a different
member of the team.) The Cluegiver takes the Deck, draws the card
from it, and looks at the YELLOW or BLUE name depending on which color
everyone agreed upon at the start. Once the Cluegiver has looked
at the name, the next team says, "GO!" and starts the timer. The Cluegiver begins giving clues to his teamate(s). The Cluegiver
can say or do almost anything: he cam sing, hum, point, charade, give
full descriptions of the person, etc.
The only restrictions are:
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No part or variant of the name can be used
in the clue. Ex: You can't use "Willy" or "Bill" to get the
Guesser to say WILLIAM.
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No spelling of the name is allowed, nor is
any clue designed to give away specific letters of the name (the only
exception is for names using initials, such as H.G. WELLS, although for
such names the cluegiver is still forbidden to say the initials
outright).
The Guessers try to guess the name on
the Cluegiver's card.
The Guessers can make as many guesses as they wish; there is no
penalty for a wrong answer. Guessers must say the full name as
printed on the card, although words in parentheses are optional.
For example, "Nixon" would not be sufficient for RICHARD NIXON, but
"Renoir" would be enough for (PIERRE AUGUSTE) RENOIR. If the
Guessers call out the correct name, the Cluegiver sets the card aside,
draws a new card from the Deck, and begins giving clues for the name on
that card.
The Cluegiver cannot pass and move on
to a new name until the Guessers call out the correct name. If
the Cluegiver doesn't recognize the name he draws, he'll have to be
more resourceful with his clues (see Tips, next page).
If the Cluegiver an illegal clue, his
turn ends immediately and the card he goofed on is returned to the Deck.
When time expires, the Cluegiver
shuffles the card he was currently working on back into the Deck.
He keeps each card that was guessed correctly in a pile near him.
Pass the Deck to the next team clockwise, who in turn pass the timer to
the next team clockwise from them.
IMPORTANT: If time runs out before
a name is guessed, players may NOT discuss the name with each other.
The cluegiver can't reveal who he was trying to convey, and players on
other teams who think they figured it out can't tell their guesses to
each other. A card may come up multiple times before it is guessed
correctly.
The round ends when all names have been
guessed and the Deck is empty. Each team now adds up all the
cards they collected and score 1 point for each card. The
scorekeeper tallies the score. After scoring, each team reads
aloud all the names from their pile of cards to refresh everyone's
memory about which names are in the game (if necessary, check the
Glossary for a brief description of any unfamiliar names). When
all names have been read, put all the cards back into Deck and shuffle
them well. The team after the last team to play starts the next
round.
PLAY: Round 2 - No more than 1 word can
be used in each clue, 1 guess only, passing allowed. Round 2
plays just like Round 1, with the following changes: The Cluegiver may
not use more than one word per card to describe each name. The
same words may be repeated as often as desired, but once a word is said
only non-verbal clues may be added. If the Cluegiver accidentally
uses more than one word he must set the card aside face down, draw a new
one from the Deck and continue with the new name.
Each team may make only 1 guess per
card. If the guess is incorrect, the Cluegiver must set that
card aside face-down, draw a new one and continue with the new name.
The Cluegiver may pass during this
round. To do so, simply say "Pass", set the card aside
face-down, draw a new one from the Deck and continue with the new name.
At no point are Guessers ever allowed to Pass.
At the end of the turn, any cards set
aside due to passes, clue goofs, or incorrect guesses are shuffled back
into the Deck. There is no penalty for such cards.
At the end of the round, don't bother
reading all the names aloud again; everyone should know them now.
Shuffle all the cards back into the Deck again as before.
PLAY: Round 3 - Only pantomime and
sounds, 1 guess only, passing allowed. Round 3 plays just like
Round 2, with the following change: The Cluegiver may not use any
words at all. Only sounds and pantomime.
WINNING: The team with the highest
score after all three rounds is the winner.
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