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Weird Things Humans Search For: An Adult Board Game About The Strange Side Of Google

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The internet is a strange place. You can pretty much find anything onlinefrom the mundane to the weird, from thewonderfulto thefunny. The internet is at our fingertips with 4G and smart phones meaning that more than ever people are using the internet day in and day out and we are becoming an increasingly“connected” world.As it turns outas weird asthe internet can be, the things that we search for can be even weirder. Weird Things Humans Search For gives you an insight in to just strange and weird the things we search for are. The only other comment I’d like to make about Weird Things is that I wish there had been some way of designing the game so that it didn’t need the host role. It can be fun as the host if you really get into it (and I do, since it’s my copy of the game) but it’s also slightly exclusive and it also effectively reduces the headcount by one. On the inverse of this point, I did take Weird Things to work and played it with two teams of more than five people each, which was a blast. In that setting, the idea of having an independent host acting as an independent and interactive referee proved to be really good fun. First and foremost, Weird Things Humans Search For ( Weird Things ) is a party game that takes a very straightforward approach and delivers a relatively minimal structure, with the focus instead being to simply create a structure for people to play and experiment in. Of course, Weird Things does have rules and scoring criteria etc, but you might choose to change them, introduce house rules and so on, which I feel the game encourages somewhat (whether intentionally or not.)

You can now bring the fun wherever you go with the Weird Things Humans Search For Mini Board Game and provide quality fun for up to 20 players! Just like the original, the cards provided will give you the first half of a popular internet search, leaving you to guess like humans to complete the rest. Next, have the question master take a card and read out the first half of the search. For example: “Why do I have so much…” Each team must now try and guess the most popular ending to the internet search. Teams get to write down two guesses: one main guess and one bonus guess. Being a great host or hostess takes a lot of work: you have to prepare food and drinks, create an ambiance in your space that is both fun and inviting, and, if you don't want your event to become a snoozefest, supply some entertainment, too. If you already have the food, drinks, and décor, all you need is an activity that will get your guests talking to one another and enjoying themselves. Party games are among the best ways to keep your guests entertained for hours on end—and we've rounded up the best ones on the market, whether you're hosting an intimate gathering with your inner circle or a larger event with folks you're eager to befriend. 10 Best Party Games It’s hard to wax lyrical about the contents of Weird Things , since the box contains a relatively straightforward set of components. On the subject of the box, Weird Things features perhaps one of Big Potato Games’ most low-key boxes, despite being attractively marketed in illuminous orange with bold white lettering. There’s a snazzy, brief manual that achieves what it needs to in suitably few words, but aside from the proposed scoring criteria, there’s little in it that you couldn’t have simply guessed at having understood the concept.Everyone else, split into teams of two or three and grab a pencil and some paper. The Search Master begins by reading out the first half of a popular internet search, like: “Why do I have so much…” I would say buy this game for the box alone never mind the contents. The cow print is very tactile, you find yourself wanting to stroke the box! Plus, Big Potato Games have developed a game which is very entertaining. It is aimed for children 10+ and quite simple to get the hang of. I really liked the game pieces. Especially the soft squidgy pink cow playing piece and artwork on the point tokens. Once the game begins, it’s also very good fun for a certain period of time. I’d suggest that it works well as one of maybe three or four different party games that are enjoyed for maybe an hour or so each. It’s fast and funny, generating lots of laughs and quite a lot of discussion/disbelief (since not a lot of the search answers make sense in the traditional way.) It does run out of steam though, because whilst there are certainly more search cards than you’ll ever get through, the formula does eventually get a little bit repetitive. Now it’s time for you to grab your friends, split into teams and start second-guessing exactly how strange the human race can be. If you want to win, you’ll have to take on searches about all sorts of topics: from memes to dinosaurs, pet frogs to sumo wrestlers. Don’t you hate it when a sentence doesn’t end the way you octopus? Well, that’s a pretty common occurrence on Google (thanks for that one, humanity!). But, instead of despairing in the fact that we’re collectively a bunch of weirdos, you can celebrate how interesting we all are by trying to guess what people have asked Google. How? With Weird Things People Search For – the party card game!

Each team then gets a minute to try and guess what the most popular ending was. Once you think you’ve sussed the answer, write down two endings: one main guess and one bonus guess. Your main answer is the one you want to be extra sure about. If it’s the first search on the list, you score four points. If it’s second you score three points, then two if it’s anywhere else. If your bonus answer appears on the list, you get one point – no matter where it is. Grab a new search card and start the next round! The team with the most points after five rounds wins! The Search Master will then begin the game by reading out a popular internet search found at the top of the card. Like most party games, the rules are simple. Grab your friends, choose a player to be the question master, then split up into teams.

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When you’re done, grab a new Search Card and go again. After five rounds, the team with the most points, wins! So, if you want your parties to be as weird as the people who ask Google if they’re weird, get Weird Things People Search For today! To play, all you need are two or three teams and a question master. The question master will read out the questions (duh!) and keep score so there is no cheating! Each team must grab pencil and paper, ready to scribble their answers down...

For players aged 14 and over, gather some friends or family members and participate in guessing some very weird searches in your chosen teams. Once everyone has finished with their guesses, the Search Master will read out the answers on their card from most popular to least. If their guess is at the top of the list, they score four points, anywhere else on the list scores just two. The bonus guess will also score you an extra point if found anywhere among the list of searches. Team with the most points after five rounds wins! Players are divided in to two teams with an independent player reading the card. The teams have60 seconds to come up with two answers and rank them as their main answer and a bonus answer. Players are trying to find the most popular phrase by completing the rest of the search. Points are awarded if they guess the most popular answer (four points), if there answer is on the card but not the most popular (two points) and if there bonus answer is anywhere on the card (one point). A mini version of the amazingly brilliant, award-winning party game, Weird Things Humans Search For…Having played a lot of party games lately (thanks largely to Big Potato Games) I find myself looking more and more for accessibility. Encompassed in that I’m talking about speed of setup, ease of teaching and so on. Weird Things most definitely nails those things, especially if the group that will be playing the game are familiar with the Family Fortunes concept. Weird Things really couldn’t be any easier to get to the table and start playing, which is a huge plus point for me. We’ve been looking on the Internet at some of the things you guys have been searching for and it’s pretty strange: “Has a monkey ever touched a blue whale?”, “Did dinosaurs go to heaven?”, “Is ham evil?”— the list goes on. There's no way to create a thorough roundup of party games without mentioning Cards Against Humanity. This card game will get just about everyone in your group laughing at how wild it is. The game's makers call it an activity for “horrible people,” so if you and your friends are willing to admit you're members of that group, this game is a must-have First things first, choose a player to be the Search Master for the game. They’ll be acting like a normal quiz master, reading out the questions and keeping score. Is the queen a… mechanic? Has a person ever been… born with a tail? Why are babies so… stupid? These are the things that people most want to know, and now it’s up to you to guess what else bewilders them!

The question master then reads out the full list on the card. The higher your answer was on the list, the more points you’ll score for your team.I never do particularly well at this game. However, I still find it quite interesting to play. It surprises me what bizarre things people have searched for. My search history would look rather tame in comparison. So, if you want a game that enlightens this is it! You get the start of a question and then provide two answers (a main one and a bonus one). If you get the top one right with your main answer you get awarded four points. If its an answer somewhere else in the list, you get two points. Your bonus answer only gets one point regardless of where it is in the list. Here is an example of the questions: “should I let my husband…” (watch game of thrones!) or “can you get a tan from…” (a hair dryer!). Then, tally up the points! If a team guesses the most popular search, they score four points, the second most popular is three and anything after that scores two. If a bonus guess appears on the list - no matter where - one more point will be scored. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you.

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