ALPHALEX SCATTEGORIES
Description
There is a commercial version of this game called scattegories. This version was developed during lockdown 2020 and is social distancing friendly. It involves thinking of words which start with a certain letter within a time limit of 3 minutes. You can play this game with a group of people who are not in the same room if you use zoom or other group software. If players have their own smartphone you don't need to print out the word lists.
To play ALPHALEX SCATTEGORIES, choose a list and select a letter. You must think of a different word which begins with that letter for each category. You have 3 minutes to complete your list. You score 1 point if you think of a word that no one else has. You score 0 points if someone has the same word. You score 2 points if you have an answer with a first and second word with the same letter (e.g. if you put "Donald Duck" for a Disney character beginning with D, you would score two points).
At the end of each round, someone acts as chairman and each player reads out their answers and writes down their score. You can discuss the answers and accept or reject them. In reality, the funniest part of the game is the arguments you can have when discussing if an answer is valid or not.
You can change the amount of time in the timer by editing the little box but you must keep the same format, e.g. 02:45 (two minutes, 45 seconds).
List 10
1. a breakfast food
2. a dance
3. a fancy-dress costume
4. a herb or spice
5. a newspaper
6. a singer
7. a word with more than 7 letters
8. an olympic sport
9. something hot
10. something small
11. something white
12. things at a music festival