LS
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
Should have read reviews better. This game did not come in its original box. Came in a cardboard Hasbro box with the instructions and game piece inside the cardboard box. Not at all like it's shown in the picture. Not only would it be totally inappropriate for gift-giving, but who knows if it's a returned product. I'm returning it and purchasing it elsewhere. The five stars are for the actual game which is great.
JennersC
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2025
Bought this for some family fun during hockey tournament road trips. Everyone has a blast with this, even my moody teenager!!
Mary Ellen Benjamin
Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2025
Love this fun group game
caschellin
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2025
Family favorite! We love this game for a random week night or events. Fun for kids and adults.
Kelly Lavin Tull
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
We play this game with the whole family. Age 10 to 70+. So many laughs and frequent requests to play again and again. Perfect for travel.
JillB
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025
Works well for parties and everyone seems to enjoy it.
jkelto126
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
I like the fast pace of this game, and the forgiving categories such as Every Day Life. My only complaint is that they sent me the game unit with no box, it was just in a brown, shipping box and the game has no on/off switch so you have to let it time out (5 minutes) which is a waste of battery power. Other than that it's very fun and super easy to play.
France D
Reviewed in Canada on February 21, 2024
I love board games . My husband and some family members not so much. This is FINALLY the first game I am able to get everyone to play and ENJOY ! No paper, pencil or little pieces- just this plastic disc you pass around ! It’s so easy to play and explain, and easy to throw in your bag to parties , dinners etc. there’s different categories and the score is kept right on this disc . Love it would make a great gift too except I wish that the packaging was nicer . It comes in a brown cardboard box - which might make it less giftable for some people
Angel marie hinchliffe
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2023
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Kate
Reviewed in Australia on August 2, 2021
Whole family fun
KP
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on December 21, 2021
Its a really nice way to spend time with family and friends
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2020
Played it with the whole family at Christmas and everyone loved it.
AnnaB
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019
We already owned a copy (ours is white and blue) and we wanted to get this one for a family member. Got to play it with them on Christmas. The only complaint I can come up with for this version is that the ticking sound is a little louder than it needs to be. But once you try to play Catch Phrase this way, you never want to go back to the paper version of the game. This keeps time and score while displaying your phrase to you, so it's everything you need. The batteries in mine last for a year or two with regular use, so hopefully this is no different. You can't turn the game off, it just shuts off by itself if no buttons are pressed for a while.For those who have never played this, the game itself is fast paced and fun. It is ideal as a party game or in larger groups. When one person starts he/she has a word or a phrase displayed on the little digital screen. Let's say it's "Living the Dream". The individual then has to try to get his/her teammates to guess and say out loud the phrase without saying any of the words, saying what they rhyme with, or gestures. With the exception of occasionally getting stuck, or accidentally saying a form of one of the words (like "to live) and having to start over with a new phrase, it is a quick game of verbal charades - in this example maybe you would tell people how many words and maybe getting them to guess "the opposite of dying?" and "what do you do when you sleep?" and hoping that they put it all together. But the fun of it is that you have to think on the spot and you never know where people's minds will go with any particular phrase. The entire time you play, a timer is going. You want your team to guess your phrase and pass the game to the next person in the circle (on the opposite team). They have their own phrase to try to get people to guess. You can look over their shoulder to make sure they don't accidentally cheat. You don't want the buzzer to go off in your hands, because that's a point for the other team, so people try to be as fast as they can.Since this is such a fun game to get people pumped and it can be played very quickly (for example, while people wait for more guests to arrive), we play it often and sometimes adapt to our own rules if there aren't the right number of players - like everybody guessing instead of having teams (again, just because it's fun), or playing "honest Catch Phrase" with just the two of us - where there is only one person per team, so obviously you have to trust them to do their best to get you to guess even though it is not, ultimately, in their best interest.My point is, if you like games, or even if you aren't sure if you are going to be big into board gaming and are just getting your first games - you should have this one on the shelf. There is no learning complicated rules and if one person isn't particularly good at it, they can often be teamed with those who understand how they think best, or just the stronger team that would win all the time if you didn't have someone to even it out ;-)