Alive In Spirit

“Say Anything is a light-hearted game about what you and your friends think.  It will get people talking, laughing and having fun in minutes.  Enjoy it with three to eight family members or as an hilarious party game with adults.  So dig deep into your heart or just come up with something witty – this is your chance to Say Anything!”

Yes this quote also applies to the Family Edition too!  In fact it is amazing what my husband, my kids, and I come up with when we play this game together.  My daughters both want to play this game at their birthday parties and when friends come over.  It is refreshing to have a game that is a hit with everyone.  Not many of our games fall into that category and the few that do are played a lot on our game nights and requested often other times too.   Not only is it fun to play but we have had a great time learning a little more about each other too.  How is that for a bonus for your family and friends!  Ok maybe not everyone will have that happen to them but for us it sure has.

Say Anything is a simple enough game that most everyone can play but is recommended for ages 8 and up and ideally for 3 to 6 players at a time.  You can learn the games within minutes and it takes just an average of a half an hour.  Of course you may get caught up with it and play longer than that.   It comes with 360 topics on 60 question cards, 6 dry erase boards with 6 dry erase pens, 1 SELECT-O-MATIC 6000,  1 dry erase score board , 12 player tokens, and a set of instructions.  You may be asking what is a SELECT-O-MATIC 6000?  I admit to having listened to my husband and kids who I let teach me the game and I believe it was my dear husband  (maybe it was one of the kids) tell me it was a spinner to select which player started.  I allowed myself to be swayed into believing that and thinking well that is silly needing a spinner for that but was ok with it.  Then I became aware later that “oops”  it was to be used by the current player to mark their favorite answer but by then we had already started using one of the dry erase boards for that.   My goodness even that was an educational moment for myself and my family.    Always, always double check things for yourself before establishing something firmly in your mind.

Now on to how to play Say Anything!

• The first player draws a card from the question card stack and reads a question.
• Everyone else writes down their answer on their dry erase board and places it face-up.  There are rules on what to do if more than one player has the same or similar answer.
• The player who asked the question picks their favorite answer and uses the SELECT-O-MATIC 6000  to point to the symbol of the player whose answer he/she chose (each player’s  erase board has a symbol on it to denote whose answer goes with whom.  )  The SELECT-O-MATIC 6000 is then turned face-down.
• Everyone else tries to guess what was the favorite answer and puts their tokens on the board or boards with their guess(es).  Each player can either put both their tokens on one guess or split them up on to two separate guesses.
• The SELECT-O-MATIC 6000 is flipped over to reveal the favorite answer and each player’s points are tallied according to the game rules.
• The game ends when each player has read two questions each and the person with the most points wins!

Sound like fun?  The fun comes from how everyone chooses to  respond to the questions.  You can be serious, or witty, silly or any other way you can think of!    It is hard to tell what the current player is thinking when they select their favorite answer!  You may be surprised and amazed!  How would you answer if someone asked you one of the following questions?

• What would be the strangest way to answer the telephone?
• Which historical figure would I least like to meet?
• What’s the most important thing in life?

Hmm?  Have I got you thinking?  Can you just imagine the possibilities with this game?  Can you see why this game won 17 awards?  This game can be easily played by just about everyone but it is also flexible enough that you can adapt it to your family as you see fit.  As a homeschooler I plan to use this as an educational tool too.  Can you see us figuring out the probability that someone will choose a specific answer?  Decide to have everyone provide the most serious answer on one round then choose a silly one on the next?  Use a question as a writing prompt for an assignment?  Hmmm this game has so many possibilities for the homeschooler in addition to being a fun family game. Ok maybe I get carried away a bit but I know there are others out there like me and the others can just see how fun the game is played as it was intended to be.

Ok I can’t really say what I don’t like about this game because well  … what is there not to like?  I would recommend this game to just about everyone.  I mean who doesn’t like to have fun?  With Christmas coming up,  wouldn’t you think this would make a great gift for about anyone?   A gift for other occasions too?.  Like I said before, my kids want to play this at their birthday parties and when friends come over.   We play this on game nights too.  We don’t just finish one game, we play several in one sitting.

Have I convinced you that you just have to get Say Anything for yourself?  If I have then I guess I better tell you how much it is and where you can find it for yourself!  Because well you can’t have our copy because we love it way too much to let you have ours!

Say Anything retails for about $19.99 at various retailers, such as Amazon,  or you can go here to find a store near you!

Still not sure if Say Anything is the game for you?  Go check out what my fellow TOS Crew members had to say about Say Anything and also the other game, Wits and Wagers, from North Star Games that we reviewed.  Check out the Say Anything reviews here on our crew blog.

Go here to read what people had to say about Wits and Wagers on our crew blog.