![]() Once the buzzer goes off, it’s time to tally the point. There’s nothing quite like holding a ticking time bomb in your hand. Since the timer is random every time, you never know how long you’ve got before it buzzes. The faster the ticking gets, the more frantic everyone becomes. All the while the timer continues it’s loud ticking to let you know that you’re running against the clock. Once their teammates guess it correctly, the player presses the “Next” button and passes it to the other team. Words will pop up on the screen and, just like in the original, players have to get their teammates to guess the word or phrase. Once that’s selected, simply hit the ‘Go/Stop’ button and you’re off and running. At the start of a game, players cycle through the category options of Fun & Games, The World, Variety, Entertainment, and Everyday Life. ![]() Now, instead of discs to choose from, players get to select different categories. But what isn’t gone is the fun.Ĭatch Phrase is still a fantastic game and we really like it in it’s new digital form. Gone are the paper discs full of words the cycle through. We recently got the new Scrabble Catch Phrase from Hasbro and are super glad that we did. New and Improved Pick your category and play! But players often have to look at just the right angle to see the words. The plastic window is like a little magnifying glass to enlarge the words from their small type – which is a good move. And second, and more difficult, is the viewing area itself. And sometimes even the younger folks are taken back when trying to decipher a word.įirst of all, the words are printed in small type to fit a lot of words on each disc. Whenever we have older people in the group, they struggle to see the words through the little area. If you’re familiar with the original version of Catch Phrase you’ll know what we’re talking about. Even though everyone has a great time, the long pause while a player tries to read the words can cause problems at times. What we have found to be a problem though is the viewing area where the words appear. It helps to have an even number of people to easily split into 2 teams, but that’s usually not a problem. Because of the buzzer, players get really flustered as it starts beeping faster and faster – at which point the clue giving gets harried and often ridiculous with a lot of laughs.Ĭan be hard to see the words. Once it goes off, the team that isn’t currently holding the contraption gets a point.Īnd while that may sound pretty dry, it’s a ton of fun. Meanwhile the loud timer is beeping away and begins to sound more frantically as it gets closer to buzzing. Then they slap the side – which will advance the disc inside to the next word – and pass it to the next player on the other team. In turn, players view the word through the little window slit and get their team to guess the word. ![]() Then players sit alternating team members so the contraption can be easily handed to the next player (other team). To start a game of Catch Phrase players select one of the many double-sided discs with a ton of words on it to put in the Catch Phrase hand-held contraption. Original Catch Phrase Great Catch Phrase contraption. However, today we’re reviewing the latest version of Catch Phrase – Scrabble Electronic Catch Phrase. No matter how many people are gathered, Catch Phrase is a party game that can accommodate them all.īrooke and I posted our video review of Catch Phrase 3 years ago with a very high rating from everyone in the family. ![]() Its simple to explain, easy to play, and gets everyone involved for a lot of fun. Catch Phrase is a party game that we’ve loved for a long time.
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