Have Fun with the Board Game 5 Second Rule - Just Spit it Out
5 Second Rule Board Game
At Christmas we got the game 5 Second Rule - Just Spit it Out! And no it doesn't involve picking food quickly off the floor. The game is quick to learn and extremely fun to play. The setup is easy; basically pull the box of cards and the timer out of the box and you are ready to play. I would say the game is more fun with 4 or more players. We had six the first time we played.
The objective of the game is simple — accumulate the most points. You get a point for each question you successfully answer. Simple
The game is played by one player drawing a card and reading the card to the player to his right. That player has 5 seconds to complete the list of 3. The cards require you to list 3 of something. Examples include: Name 3 famous Johns, Name 3 of the Great Lakes. We played that you could pick either question on the two-sided cards.
Where the game gets interesting is that if you can't answer all three then the card goes to the player on the right for them to try. The big catch is that you can't use any of the previous answers. All within 5 seconds.
The other players act as judge and jury as they decide if an answer is acceptable. Also my suggestion is that you keep your smartphone handy; you will be looking up answers to verify what someone says. Better be ready for some loud heckling and good-natured arguing. We definitely brought the energy level up while playing this game.
5 Second Rule is a quick, fun energetic game that really adds pressure by limiting the time to answer to 5 seconds. We ended up playing two games of 3 rounds each. We even had a tie where we had a "card off" competition between the two leaders.
A highly recommended game.
Risk - The Classic Board Game
The Hayes family has been enjoying many epic global battles through the classic board game Risk. A wonderful game that is both easy to understand and play but also a strategic game as well. Of course it does also come down to the luck of the roll.
History
According to Wickiepedia (check spelling) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game) Risk is a strategy board game produced by Parker Brothers (now a division of Hasbro). Winning Moves also makes a classic 1959 version. It was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957 as La Conquête du Monde ("The Conquest of the World") in France. It was later bought by Parker Brothers and released in 1959 with some modifications to the rules as Risk: The Continental Game, then as Risk: The Game of Global Domination."
Currently there are 19 licensed versions of the game risk: Fifteen English versions, three French and one Brazilian
English releases
1.1 Risk
1.2 Castle Risk
1.3 Risk 40th Anniversary Edition
1.4 Risk: 2210 A.D.
1.5 Risk: the Lord of the Rings
1.6 Risk: the Lord of the Rings: Gondor & Mordor Expansion Set
1.7 Risk: Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition
1.8 Risk Godstorm
1.9 Risk: Star Wars: Clone Wars Edition
1.10 Risk: Star Wars Original Trilogy Edition
1.11 Risk: The Transformers Edition
1.12 Risk Junior: Narnia
1.13 Risk: Halo Wars
1.14 Risk Legacy
1.15 Risk: Metal Gear Solid
French releases
2.1 La Conquête du monde†
2.2 Risk: Édition Napoléon
2.3 Risk: Édition Napoléon: Extension Empire Ottoman
Brazilian releases
3.1 WAR
Game Time - Approximately 30 minutes
Players
3 - 6 ideal
2 with modified set and play
Game Objective
- Occupy every territory on the board, and in doing so eliminate all the other players from the game.
Game Set Up - Easy
- Deal out the 44 cards (excluding the jokers) to each player. One army is placed on each country represented by the cards. This is the only set up necessary to begin the game.
- For a 2 player game there are modified starting rules which can involve a neutral 3rd army.
Keys to the Game
- There are three phases to each turn:
- Deploy your newly acquired troops
- Attack your opponents
- Redeploy your troops
- Attack on your first turn to make sure you expand your country control quickly.
- Try to control entire continents. This gets you additional armies at each turn.
- As you can move your armies at the end of each turn - focus on reinforcing your counties on the borders of your continents. This will add safety as you are attacked by your opponents and make it harder for them to concur you.
- My approach is to try and capture at least one new country on each turn. If you capture a country you get a country card. Collect 3 of one of the 3 figures (foot solder, horseman, cannon) and you get additional armies. As you play additional sets you get more armies.
- The accumulation of armies is the key to winning. This gives you a huge advantage when attacking and when defending.
Why I Like It
- The set up is relatively quick depending on which set up version you take.
- There is some strategy to the game but also you can quickly learn how to play and jump in and play.
- Play is simple although with strategy you can make it as complicated and in-depth as you want.
- Actually teaches you a bit about geography.
- Although a war game the pieces are benign enough that it isn't graphic. The battles are raged through throws of the dice.
Game Resources
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