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Respond
From the Publisher...
Pick a category from the cards in your hand and name an item that belongs in that category. With every quick, correct answer, you throw away a card. Be the first player to get rid of all your cards and you win! It's that easy...with a few twists. It's fun... it's challenging...it's your time to RESPOND!
Our Comments...
This mini-review by Mike Petty originally appeared in our August 3, 2003 newsletter.
Respond is made by Jax, who also produces the very popular game
Sequence. When we were looking for something very light and fun a
couple weeks ago, my wife and I opened a copy and gave it a try.
The idea behind Respond is that players have to say words that are in
different categories. Categories are written on cards players have in
their hands and the cards are played as soon as a word is successfully
called out from the corresponding category. The twist is that each
player must say a word that begins with the last letter that the
previous player just called out. For example, if my wife plays an
Animal card and says "horse", I have to play a card in my hand and say a
word that starts with "E". For example, I could play the Musical
Instrument card and say "Electric Guitar".
Each time a player plays a card, he hits a button on the electronic
timer that comes with the game. It counts down 20 seconds. A player
gets a penalty card when he can't call a word within that amount of
time. At first 20 seconds seemed long to me, but I see now that when
you're holding three or less cards it can be quite tricky to think of a
word. One other rule is that when a yellow card is played, any player
can play on it, including the player who just used it. This adds some
quick thinking and surprises to the game.
Respond is good for laughs. We played it with two players and four
players. The larger group was more fun. Some rules we may institute in
the future are:
- No repeats. A word can't be used twice in either the same hand or the
same session, as a group decides.
- Whenever a player starts or continues play without the timer (as a
result of another player's penalty), he or she can only play a white
card. (We found that a player not constrained by the timer can plan his
plays too easily and use several cards in a turn if he's allowed to play
yellow cards.)
I think it's an excellent family game as long as the children involved
will know the first and last letters of words. Sometimes this was
tricky for us adults! In summary, there's nothing more to this game
than what I've mentioned here, but if it sounds fun to you, you'll
likely find it is.
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