Disney Codenames

I remember being introduced to the original Codenames and being instantly hooked. It was my new favorite game. When #tryazon and #USAopoly offered the change to try out Disney Codenames I jumped at the chance! It's so much fun.

The basic idea of Codenames is you split into 2 teams. There's a secret grid that only 2 callers can look at. Each caller wants you to guess their set of words based on the grid. They give clues by saying ONE WORD and a number. The team then has to guess what card the caller meant for you to guess. The number lets you know how many cards the caller thinks are connected to that clue. Just be careful! You may end up guessing the other team's card (ending your turn), and innocent bystander, or the assassin, which gives the other team the win automatically.

What I love about Disney Codenames is the cards have 2 sides. One side has a word, but the other side has a picture of a Disney film, scene, or character. Using the pictures was sometimes harder to connect multiple cards, but was a fun challenge.

The huge reason I really wanted to try it with pictures is for my young children who are not proficient readers. By playing with pictures, they could play too. Now we have a game for the whole family! And because the game is played in teams, you can have as many players as you want. It's always hard finding games that will accommodate large groups.

I would definitely recommend Disney Codenames or the original Codenames to anyone and everyone.

Telestrations Party Pack

Telestrations: a game like Telephone (passing whispered words from ear to ear), but with drawing and writing instead.

Result: fits of laughter

I've played the "poor man's" version of this game before, paper, pencil, fold it, pass it. Man, I should have invested in this game earlier. It's so much easier having the dry erase flip boards instead. The subject cards make choosing a topic to draw simple, and when you get an impossible topic to draw, the laughter ensues. It's a great party game. Involves lots of people.

Imagine your dad getting the word "locksmith"
He decides to draw a lock (of course)
            and then draws "Joseph Smith's first vision" to get you to guess "Smith"
Somehow your brother knows exactly what he meant to draw.
What?!?!?!?!?
But no one gets it after that, and errors fly across it's pages.

I seriously wondered if that much laughter could be bad for the baby in my tummy!

The scoring system doesn't seem worth keeping up with, but really, we're playing the game for the laughs, not the points.

Good thing there were plenty of dry erase markers, because 2 (was it 3?) leaked on us and we threw them away.

We got to the point beyond bedtime....and still played another game. It was THAT good! I love the stuff #USAopoly, #Telestrations and #Tryazon come up with!!