Open your Scattergories play card PDF. Each column consists of one round, and there are three rounds total in this game. You can type your answers directly into the PDF! If you have any trouble with the PDF, you can also just use a pen and a blank piece of paper.
Choose one player to spin the letter wheel above to select the letter for each round. If you are the wheel-spinner, make sure to clearly announce the letter landed on to the group.
Choose one player to set and monitor the 3-minute timer above for each round.
Once the wheel-spinner announces the letter followed by the timekeeper confirming the 3-minute timer is starting, and the round begins.
Fill out your 10 Scattergories categories in one column according to the letter. For example, if your letter is B, all of the answers in that column should begin with a B.
When the timekeeper announces that time is up, all players must immediately stop writing.
Beginning with the first category, all players take turns reading their answers aloud. If you have provided an acceptable answer that does not match any other players’ answers, mark your own answer sheet with a “1” in the point field for that row.
Continue with the second category in the same fashion and so on until players have shared their answers for all the categories. Tabulate your score for the round by adding together the points you have received acceptable answers. Record your score at the bottom of the column on your answer sheet.
Move to the second round and repeat steps 2-8, and then the same for the third and final round.
The person who with the most cumulative points at the end of three rounds wins the game. The winner from each breakout room will win a special prize!
Rules for acceptable answers
The first word of your answer must begin with the key letter.
The articles “A,” “An” and “The” cannot be used as key letters. For example, “B” is the key letter for the “movie title,” A Beautiful Mind; “P” is the key letter for the “book,” The Pelican Brief.
The same answer cannot be given more than once in the same round. For example, you cannot answer Gary for A BOY’S NAME and for U.S. CITIES.
When answering with a proper name, you may use the first or last name, as long as the key letter is the first letter of your answer.For example, if the key letter is G and the category is PRESIDENTS, your answer could be George Bush or Garfield, lames.
Creative answers can be acceptable.For example, if the category is SPICES/HERBS and the key letter is P, you could answer Posh. But if one player challenges the answer, the group must vote on its acceptability.
Challenged Answers: While answers are being read, other players may challenge their acceptability. When an answer is challenged, all players (even the challenged player) vote on whether the answer is acceptable. Players who accept the answer give a thumbs-up sign. Players who do not accept the answer give a thumbs-down sign.
In case of a tie, the challenged player’s vote does not count.