Crew Review: Say Anything Family

Last year we had the chance to review Wits & Wagers Family edition (see my review here), so when the notice came that another product from North Star Games was up for review I didn't have to ask my family if they were ready to review another game!

Say Anything family edition is a fun family game "with personality". Each game will be unique because the people playing provide the different answers each time you play. It's perfect for ages 8 and up - lots of fun for kids and adults alike. The first time we played (5 people), ages ranged from 10 to 40 and all of us had such a fun time playing!

What's in the box:

• 60 question cards (each with six different questions)
• SELECT-O-MATIC 6000 (a small cardboard selection tool)
• 6 dry-erase markers
• 6 dry-erase boards
• 12 player tokens
• score-keeping card
• instructions

How to play: At the beginning of the game each player needs a dry-erase marker, answer board, and the 2 player tokens that match their board. One person will need to keep score with the enclosed reusable score card. Choose a player to start and give them the SELECT-O-MATIC 6000.

The first player draws a question card and reads it aloud. The question could be "What's the best breakfast cereal?" or "Which superhero outfit looks the most uncomfortable?" All the other players write an answer as quickly as possible and place it face up on the table.

After all the players (except the judge - the person who read the question) have put their answer on the table the judge picks his favorite response and secretly moves the dial to the matching color on the SELECT-O-MATIC 6000. All the players then use their two tokens to guess the answer that the judge chose.

Scoring is then done with 1 point for each token placed on the selected answer, 1 point for the person who wrote the selected answer, and 1 point goes to the judge for each token that was placed on the answer she/he selected (with a maximum of 3 points for any player).

The judge then hands off the SELECT-O-MATIC 6000 to the next person and they become the judge for that round. Play continues until everyone has asked 2 questions.

Our thoughts: We had so much fun with this game! Our friends came over and we pulled it out and just had a blast. The age on the box is accurate - the second time we played a 10 year old girl won the game, so this is not a game where you'll have to "play dumb" so the younger members of the family have a chance to win. This game will certainly be on the shelf with the games that are played the most often in our house.

Say Anything family edition ($19.99) can be found on Amazon or at many retail locations like Target, Borders, or specialty toy stores. Lots of my Crew mates loved this game too - check out their reviews at the Crew blog!


Now for the fine print… I received this product free of charge in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was provided.