So, in the end, we decided to ignore the rule where if you guessed incorrectly you move back a place. Over the years, many different versions of the board game have appeared: As well as the New Alias, the Alias family currently also includes the Junior Alias for children, the Alias travel game, and as the newest introduction, DVD Alias. The game was also quite long especially if we played it exactly to the rules and took steps back for every missed word. My partner guessed "Filet Mignon", and moved on to the next question, becausse to me, that is a correct guess.

Hence, Alias is similar to Taboo, but the only forbidden word in the explanations is the word to be explained.I feel that this game really makes you think about what to describe/say to your teammate because if the word was Christmas pudding you would not be able to describe it as “This is a desert you have on Christmas” so then it does challenge you and you also have the timer running in the background. The Alias product family consists of games for kids, grown-ups, families and friends, but the core concept remains the same across the range.

My daughter is 12 years old and she was able to describe some of the words well but there were some that she did not know. Once the items have been dispatched through our service provider your item will take 1-2 working days to arrive. This exciting word game requires players to explain words and learn more about the country you love the best! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Instructions can be a difficult thing to follow with some games but we were all clear on exactly how to play the game as soon as we read them and started playing.

She found that if she did find a challenging word that she could not describe, she could look it up in a dictionary and use it for her writing at school and for when she next plays the game. This does not affect your statutory rights) If items are received back damaged, or missing items we are entitled to make a charge to cover the cost of this, and thus this may affect the amount credited to you. I was really surprised, and still think that Filet Mignon should be a correct guess for the secret word Filet. While you describe the drawing On the card, other players guess what It is… but you can't say certain words! The DVD version of Alias is hosted by Marco Bjurström, and as well as word explanations, the game includes exercise.