25 Words or Less party game review
“I can name that tune in 5 notes.”
“You go ahead and name that tune!”
That’s exactly what I thought when reading the rules to 25 Words or Less, a new game from The Op Games.
Since most of our readers won’t be familiar with the 1970’s TV game show, Name That Tune, I’ll briefly explain. Essentially contestants would battle for how quickly they could name a song. They bid lower and lower until one contestant stopped and forced the other to name the song in that many notes.
In a similar vein, in 25 Words or Less teams compete to see which team can guess the 5 answers on a card in as few word clues as possible.
But efficiency of word clues isn’t the only challenge – because the sand timer is also ticking away.
If you’re up for a fun team word challenge, keep on reading.
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