Tryazon and USAopoly hooked us up again - this time with the game Blank Slate. We decided to try this one at a family game night with my parents and my siblings and their families. We had 12 adults, 5 teens, and a few ages 8-12. Luckily we had 2 games so only a couple people had to pair up. A single game is for 3-8 players, but really you could pair up if you had more than that and the pairs/teams could decide on their word together.
Explaining the game was very simple. Initially I was worried that it was too simple and would get boring fast, but luckily that was not the case. The scoring is straight forward, and no complicated rules to try to explain. The game is supposed to be played to 25 points, but we ended up playing for about 45 minutes and the high score (mine of course!) was 21 at that point. Because we had such a large group, it took longer to get through everyone's answers to see who matched what. We had little kids there and they were tired of their parents playing by that point so that's when we called it.
The game was great for all ages. The box says ages 8 and up and I'd say that's pretty accurate. My 8 year old daughter teamed up with her uncle but could have played on her own. My 70+ year old dad doesn't like to play games that take a whole lot of thinking or strategy, but he really liked this one and said he'd give two thumbs up!
Currently, the game is only available from Target. That's not a store or site where I shop very often, and also would make me wonder what they are doing on pricing. They have it at $19.99 right now which is about what I would expect for a party game like this.
Overall, everyone liked it and this will be a game we play again with this group and other groups!
