Cards Against Humanity
So yesterday was VCSA Board Games' Night, and it was fun! About 15-25 people showed up, and among the usual games of Monopoly Deal, Taboo, and Jenga, there were two standouts for me. The first was Taboo 2, which I didn't know existed.
It's Taboo but it's better; instead of two clues per card (in English and French), you have 4 clues per card, all English. There are more cards and they're new, so at least for some time they'll be fresh for us :D Additionally, there's a "bonus" die, which you can use optionally to make the game fresh and allow come-from-behind-victories. At the start of the round you roll the bonus die and then you might do the round as normal... or you might have double the time! OR, instead of just getting your team to guess, you get everyone to guess! OR, maybe you have to pick one member of your team and you can only talk to him/her! So that's that. Taboo 2 (that's not the official name) is an automatic buy when I find it.
The other standout game was Cards Against Humanity. At first I wasn't too keen on playing it, but after trying it, it was really funny and I enjoyed it immensely. The tagline of the game is "A card game for horrible people". Basically, it's just like Apples to Apples but meaner, raunchier, and naughtier. Here's a 2 minute video from the creators explaining the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHZh5V8nfO4
In Apples to Apples, you get an adjective, and then the other players complement it with a noun or a verb. In CAH, instead of adjectives, you get cards with fill-in-the-blanks. Actually, I was gonna type more stuff but I found this youtube video and that explains it pretty well. Anyway, I enjoyed the game. Apples to Apples is fun but a lot of the time it's very mild, and funny moments arise when you hit something epic or something just a bit funny. Sure, CAH has a bunch of mild cards, but more often than not, you'll get hit by something off-color and you just burst out laughing.
Would I get it? Probably not. Duy played it a little bit, but I don't think it's his cup of tea. Vinh won't play it. Mom and Dad won't play it. Alan won't play it. David won't play it. Eric, Alex, Raymond, probably Ricky and Ambrose, and I would play it. So... it's good for party occasions, but only with the right people. Hmm, maybe I'll get it, it's something good to have, that's not used very often. Like a Fire Extinguisher.
It's Taboo but it's better; instead of two clues per card (in English and French), you have 4 clues per card, all English. There are more cards and they're new, so at least for some time they'll be fresh for us :D Additionally, there's a "bonus" die, which you can use optionally to make the game fresh and allow come-from-behind-victories. At the start of the round you roll the bonus die and then you might do the round as normal... or you might have double the time! OR, instead of just getting your team to guess, you get everyone to guess! OR, maybe you have to pick one member of your team and you can only talk to him/her! So that's that. Taboo 2 (that's not the official name) is an automatic buy when I find it.
The other standout game was Cards Against Humanity. At first I wasn't too keen on playing it, but after trying it, it was really funny and I enjoyed it immensely. The tagline of the game is "A card game for horrible people". Basically, it's just like Apples to Apples but meaner, raunchier, and naughtier. Here's a 2 minute video from the creators explaining the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHZh5V8nfO4
In Apples to Apples, you get an adjective, and then the other players complement it with a noun or a verb. In CAH, instead of adjectives, you get cards with fill-in-the-blanks. Actually, I was gonna type more stuff but I found this youtube video and that explains it pretty well. Anyway, I enjoyed the game. Apples to Apples is fun but a lot of the time it's very mild, and funny moments arise when you hit something epic or something just a bit funny. Sure, CAH has a bunch of mild cards, but more often than not, you'll get hit by something off-color and you just burst out laughing.
Would I get it? Probably not. Duy played it a little bit, but I don't think it's his cup of tea. Vinh won't play it. Mom and Dad won't play it. Alan won't play it. David won't play it. Eric, Alex, Raymond, probably Ricky and Ambrose, and I would play it. So... it's good for party occasions, but only with the right people. Hmm, maybe I'll get it, it's something good to have, that's not used very often. Like a Fire Extinguisher.
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