![]() It’s fun to get inside people’s heads and see how they think, but it’s less fun to learn that you’re extremely bad at it and find yourself “losing.” I recommend ditching the score board (Picture by Logan Giannini) This is a fun activity, but one which can quickly grow either tedious or contentious if you treat it like a proper, competitive game. Verbal games are a great way to pass the time and keep your brain moving, and Blank Slate reminds me a lot of those off-the-cuff games I played with my older brother and, later, my younger brother as well.Īs with most games that fall into the “party game” category, it’s best when any notion of scoring is thrown out. ![]() Growing up, my older and brother and I shared a bunk-bed, and this often led to late nights playing impromptu word games just like this as we drifted off to sleep. Games like this hold a certain nostalgia for me. (Picture by Logan Giannini) Will I Like Blank Slate? The scoreboard goes up to 25 with the first player to hit the target score being declared the winner. So the game becomes about trying to predict your shared language and inside jokes. The goal is to match just one other player (which scores you 3 points), although matching multiple other players (which gives you 1 point) is still preferable to matching no one (0 points). Players then simultaneously reveal their answers, and score based on their matches. Each player then jots down a word on their slate to “complete” the word card (Cat- nap, full- house, evening- gown). Examples include: cat_, full_, evening_, and so forth. Blank Slate’s rules are a clean 2 pages that could easily have been condensed to 1, and will take all of 30 seconds to teach.Įach turn, a word card is revealed that gives a word followed by a blank. When it comes to party games, if the rulebook is longer than 2 pages, or if it takes more than 60 seconds to teach, it’s probably not going to be good. ![]() Handheld dry-erase boards are always enjoyable, although be prepared to purchase more markers, as I’ve never owned a game with markers that didn’t dry out after a very short amount of time. Otherwise, everything is clean, solid, and serves its purpose well. ![]() At $24.99 it’s a fair value either way, but it can predispose you against a game when the contents of the box seem out-of-whack with the box itself, so be forewarned. There’s nothing wrong with the components of Blank Slate, but the box sets certain expectations that are immediately dashed when you open it. The box of cards makes up 90% of the game’s contents (Picture by Logan Giannini) This game, however, could easily have been housed in a box half its size, and probably would make a better impression if it was fitted more concisely into a box like Cards Against Humanity or Utter Nonsense. The same size or larger as such games as Catan or Azul, which are rife with components and bits. What’s in the Box?īlank Slate comes in what I consider to be a medium-to-large game box. Listed for ages 8 and up, the game lists an average playtime of 20-35 minutes but, as with most party games, it’s really a “play it until you want to play something else” kind of a game. Buy another set, or simply scrounge up some paper and pens, and you can easily play this game with as many players as you have handy and, since it’s about saying the same thing as someone else, the bigger the group the more fun it will be. (Picture by Logan Giannini) What Is Blank Slate?įrom publisher USAopoly, Blank Slate is a party game for 3-8 players, although that’s a loose restriction. You know the electricity-in-your veins feeling when you say the same word at the same time as someone else? That jolt as you realize what’s happened (and, more often than not, race to shout out “jinx!”)? Well, Blank Slate is a game that’s all about capturing that feeling and seeing who’s best at predicting it.
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