In the interest of expediency, I condensed my review to a series of bullet points. I chose the *UPDATED!* game of Scattergories as the focus of my review. I was playing and gathering feedback with friends Chelsea, Bob, and Cole. Images and observations as follows:
- Chelsea: “I LOVE everything about it”
- Effective new design/rebrand- book spine concept, logo
- Pads of paper should be printed on both sides- we wound up using the other side anyway
- “keeping score doesn’t matter” says Bob- Chelsea disagrees, saying she loves keeping score. I don’t give a rip about keeping score. We all decide it is personality-dependent.
- Timer sound is distracting and exciting at the same time. *see my face, above*
- Rebrand is great, inspires collecting the full set of similarly branded board games
- There is an interior decoration component, not just a game: meant to look good on a bookshelf, in a zoom call/instagram background shot
- Aesthetically pleasing
- Typeface fits Harry Potter collection on the bookshelf
- More likely to be prominently displayed on a shelf, not tucked away somewhere
- Pieces fit very well in containers
Who might be interested?
- airbnb hosts
- Mormons
- vacationers
- families
- ages 10+
- people who have some trivia knowledge
Specific thoughts on the manual timer component:
- “I was trauma laughing from the anxiety resulting from that timer.”
- mechanical vs digital click is slightly variable, adding to the tension of timer countdown
- we experimented with phone timer instead of ticker
- ticker was preferred by Chelsea, as it “kept my energy level high”
- Bob liked the quiet with phone timer, helped improve concentration without adding agitation
- I agreed with Bob
