We love to play games together as a family. Game time makes for lots of great family memories.  As part of the Homeschool Crew, I was sent the game Say Anything Family. Say Anything Family is made by the same company that made the Wits and Wagers game I recently reviewed.

From the game insert:

Say Anything is a light-hearted game about what you and your loved ones think. It gives you the chance to settle questions that have been hotly debated for centuries. For instance, “What magical power would be the coolest to have?” or “What would be the most fun thing to throw off a tall building?” So dig deep into your heart or just come up with something witty – this is your chance to Say Anything!

Say Anything Family is for 3-6 players, ages 8 and up.

Say Anything Family is a very easy game to learn. There are 360 questions so you can play numerous games without repeating questions. And there are no right answers to the questions! That makes it a great family game. It’s not like a trivia game, where you have to have the right answer. All players are on a level playing field, no matter their age. Yes, little kids can beat adults! Maybe that’s why my kids loved this game……

One player asks a question, the other players write down an answer, then everyone turns their answer cards face up. The player that asked the question picks his favorite answer. The other players can all try to convince him to pick their answer, “I wrote you cookies, you know how you like cookies!” “You know how much you love internet access, choose my answer!!”  This is fun and can get loud at times. Or maybe that was just my family. 🙂

He then uses the Select-O-Matic 6000 to record his answer. It looks like a game spinner, and the player turns the arm to the color of the answer board that he likes best. Make sure you don’t let the other players see the answer you chose!   (I won’t tell you have many times I said Select-O-Matic while playing,  just because it’s fun to say.)

Now the players put their Meeples, game markers, on the answer they think the question asker will chose. Points are awarded to the person who wrote the chosen answer, as well as the players who put Meeples on the chosen answer. The game is over when everyone has asked 2 questions. The player with the most points wins. In the case of a tie, all tying players win! Another reason it’s such a great family game.

Our family loved Say Anything Family. If you have more than 6 players or players under 8, I think it would be fun to play as teams, also.

Say Anything Family retails for &19.99 and  is available online and in stores. Visit the Northstar Games website to find a store near you.

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From the NorthStar Games website:

Wits & Wagers Family simplifies the rules and scoring system of the popular Wits & Wagers. Now families and kids can get into the Wits & Wagers action! First, every player writes down a guess to a fun question. Then players try to score points by choosing which guess is closest to the right answer without going over. That is it!

The game features 300 new family-friendly questions. And even better than that, Wits & Wagers Family includes Meeples– fun, cute, human shaped wooden pieces that the players use to select which answers they think are correct. Meeples have been a hallmark in European style strategy games for years, but this is the first time they have made an appearance in a party game.

So check out Wits & Wagers Family, the game that combines laughter and learning in a way that all ages can enjoy together!

Wits and Wagers is for ages 8 and up for 3-10 players. We found Wits and Wagers to be very easy to learn. I just read the directions out loud one time and we were playing.

To play the game, you take turns reading the questions. Everyone writes down their answer on their answer board. All the answers are numbers. And you don’t have to worry about having the right answer! Here’s one of the questions we had.

How many (brand) Animal Cracker shapes are there?

After everyone writes down their number answer, you put the answer boards in the center of the table in numerical order. Now for the fun part. Everyone places their 2 Meeples games pieces on the answer they think is the right one. You don’t have to put your Meeples on your own answer! You may think someone else wrote down a number that is closer to the real answer. You can place both your Meeples on one answer or on two different answers. If you think everyone guessed too high, you can place your Meeples on the #1 board included.

Once everyone has placed their Meeples, the player that read the question reads the correct answer. The answer board with the number closer to the correct answer, without going over, is the winner. The person who wrote that answer gets a point, and everyone who placed a Meeple on that answer gets points. The first person to get 15 points wins. If 2 people go over 15 points on the same turn, the person with the highest score wins. If there is a tie, the youngest person involved in the tie wins! My youngest son loved this rule. Although he was looking forward to it, we never had a tie, and didn’t have to use this rule. lol

We didn’t come across any questions that we found objectionable. All the questions were fun, and several had us saying ‘I know that!” The “how many teaspoons are in a tablespoon” question had all the kids placing their Meeples on their sisters answer board. “She’d know this one!” lol  One even had my daughter yell out “I studied that!” We only skipped one question that asked how many movies did a certain movie actor make. The kids had never even heard of the actor or any of his movies, so we skipped it.

We love to play games as a family and Wits and Wagers will definitely be included in our game nights. Oh, that particular brand of animal crackers comes in 19 different shapes! 🙂

Wits and Wagers is available online and in stores. Visit the Northstar Games website to find a store near you. It retails for $19.99.

See what other Homeschool Review Crew members are saying about Wits and Wagers Family.

*Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services
mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I
only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255:
“Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”