I love active, group games, and I love it when it can involve my young family. I was way excited when asked if I would review a new game called Reverse Charades. It seemed like a perfect activity for when we had guests here for Thanksgiving.
A little bit about Reverse Charades. They have an “Original” edition, but what really caught my eye was the “Junior” edition for 6 years and up. Here’s how you play, per their website.
Split into teams of three or more. Be creative – brown vs. blue eyes, right vs. left-handed, dark vs. milk chocolate lovers.
Decide on a number of rounds or a point target to win.
1 word guessed correctly = 1 point. Each team has one minute to guess as many words as possible. If the acting team doesn’t like a word, they can pass – but only one pass per round.
Each team selects a guesser (everyone gets a turn guessing) and the rest of the team acts out the words. The other team holds the word cards for only the actors to see and flips the enclosed timer.
Shhh! Not a peep among the team members acting. You lose a point if you speak or “mouth” any words to each other or the guesser. Use of objects (or even people) in the room is definitely permitted.
Ready, set, go! Tally up points each round on a scorepad. The first team to your target wins (unless, of course, your team is losing – then you can always suggest extending “one more round”)!
Here is a clip capturing the fun of the original Reverse Charades.
As hoped, this turned out to be the perfect game for the Thanksgiving crowd. Grandpa and my two boys (ages 5 and 7) started playing and immediately my siblings, ages 14,16,and 18, joined in. They were having a blast!
I love how this game involves so many people, and that the age span is unlimited. I chose the junior edition wanting my boys to be able to play this with us. The age recommendation seemed right on. It was great for my 7 year old, but a bit too difficult for my 5 year old. Charades requires you to be able to see things from other peoples point of view. This is a bit much for my 5 year old, but it was fun to see my 7 year old working on that skill.
The words are simple and yet still fun. And there are over 700 words so you will always have “new words.”! This was seriously a blast! We will be playing this for quite a while! It is no wonder Reverse Charades has won a slew of awards (like the coveted Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Seal award, NAPPA Gold Seal, Creative Child Game of the Year Award, Dr. Toy Best Vacation Product and Tillywig Laugh out Loud awards)!
You can now get the Junior and Original editions of Reverse Charades at over 300 specialty stores in the U.S. as well as online at reversecharades.com or Amazon.com
Win It!
Reverse Charades is giving one of my readers their choice of the Original Reverse Charades or Reverse Charades Junior!
Disclosure: I was provided with the above-mentioned product, by the company, at no cost to myself, in order to facilitate a review. The opinions expressed are honest and are entirely my own.
Karlyn
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