Following the list, each player, in turn, reads their answer for each category. All players stop writing when the timer is finished.For example, 'citrus' is ' vegetable' in the sense referring to the entire plant kingdom, i.e. Writing a bad answer is still better than no answer though because there is always the possibility that the group playing will accept the answer.For example, with a category of 'vegetable' and a letter of 'C', words such as 'cauliflower', 'carrot' and 'collard greens' are acceptable, but 'broccoli' is not (wrong initial letter), nor is 'citrus' (wrong category). Alliteration is encouraged with proper nouns in one game variation Ronald Reagan is worth 2 points, and Hubert Horatio Humphrey is worth 3. Any number of words in the answer is allowed, as long as the first word starts with the correct letter. In the time allotted, each player must attempt to think of and write down, in the first column on the pad, a word or term that fits each of the 12 categories and starts with the rolled letter. The timer is set for up to three minutes. One player rolls a 20-sided letter die to determine the first letter used.All players must agree on the list to use. In new versions of the game, each card has 2 lists of 12 unique categories, for a total of 16 lists and 192 categories. In addition, the category cards have 4 lists, each with 12 unique categories, for a total of 144 categories in the game. Each sheet in the answering pad has three columns of 12 blank lines. Each player takes a folder with an answering pad and 3 category cards.The objective of the 2-to-6-player game is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit. Scattergories is a creative-thinking category-based party game originally published by Parker Brothers in 1988. Parker Brothers was purchased byHasbro a few years later, and they publish the game internationally under their Milton Bradley brand.

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