![]() ![]() Finally, “Survey Says” is a lightning round in which you have to come up with three quick answers to three quick prompts. In “Sub the Title,” you have to provide the subtitle for an out-of-context clip from an obscure foreign language film. “Extra, Extra” asks you to create a newspaper headline to go along with an unusual stock image. “Blank-o-Matic” is a standard fill in the blank. The tone is breezy and lighthearted – the entire thing is dressed up like a 1960s game show – and never demands that you take anything too seriously.Īs for the game itself, Use Your Words is comprised of four different mini-games. The developers at Smiling Buddha Games know that many (if not most) participants will be playing with at least one drink in hand, and the game wisely chooses to meet them on those terms. Use Your Words is designed as a casual social experience. The game requires very little investment, which might seem like faint praise but is in fact one of its greatest strengths. If you’ve ever played one of the the Jackbox Games, you should have a good sense of what to expect.įortunately, Use Your Words makes good use of the extra technology. You just need to make it to the title screen and then Use Your Words takes care of the rest. ![]() You don’t need to worry about setup, rules, or keeping score. You type in answers on a smartphone (or some other internet-connected device) while the game takes on all of the housekeeping responsibilities that go along with physical games. It’s a lot like one of a dozen other games that you’ve played while sitting around the kitchen table, with the notable caveat that it’s a video game rather than a pen-and-paper game or a card game. ![]() You lose points if you vote for one of the pre-written House Decoy answers that the game throws into the mix. You receive points if another player chooses your answer (no, you can’t vote for your own). The game plays like a combination of Mad Libs and Apples to Apples in which players provide their own answers to various prompts before voting for the one they like the best. In that regard, it’s a clever little diversion. Use Your Words is a new tabletop-like party game made for a digital audience. ![]()
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