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Poetry for Neanderthals® Word-Guessing Card Game
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Jun 30, 2021
busyguy7447
5 out of 5 stars review

This game fun! Especially bat!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This game is hilarious. Clues are only one syllable and most of those words in my vocabulary are of the unrepeatable variety. The inflatable bat is funny and entertaining. We've played with a couple of friends and the game is definitely more interesting on the second bottle of wine. A LOT OF FUN

Review from Exploding Kittens
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Dec 17, 2022
Bill
3 out of 5 stars review

Okay game

It’s so easy, a caveman could do it (…geico commercials, anyone? anyone?) The game play is easy to learn. Use one syllable word clues to get your team to guess the word on the card. Very similar concept to taboo or catch phrase or $25,000 pyramid or password. The twist on this game is that the clues must be only one syllable words. But in playing it ended up just saying sentences and phrases with smaller words, poor grammar, and much of the time it was easier with just calling out clue words. And instead of a taboo buzzer (…Four Christmases was such a good movie…) , you hit the person with an inflatable club with the word No on it. (Kind of like in season 1 of Family Guy and Brian hits Peter with the newspaper saying, “No!”). The kids loved the club hitting part. The box description doesn’t completely match the gameplay. In the game play people generally didn’t say parts of the word or other illegal clues, so having only one person from the other team call out when multiple syllable used, turned into everyone on the other team calling out the cluegiver. The point of sitting on alternate chairs with other team just makes for easier hitting with the club. Eventually, we rarely ended up using the club as everyone pretty much stopped using anything but one syllable words. Really, the only reason for having cards in the negative point pile was when clue giver would pass. At game end, the winning team ends up doing a Neanderthal poetry reading from their winning cards discard pile. Basically a short 3 word Mad-Lib. Typically not very funny and generally useless for gameplay. Very few of these in the box and would be more fun if they affected gameplay more and if there were more poetry cards. The game board was also pretty unnecessary. It was easy enough after each round to tally points for that team. Ultimately if playing again would just take a pack of cards and leave the rest. All in all it was fun and everyone had a good time.

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Jul 4, 2021
Tbailey38
5 out of 5 stars review

Wow! This is awesome!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This game is so fun! My family and I had so much fun playing it! We could not stop laughing! The way that you play it is so fun and so different than any other game out there! I would definitely recommend this game to anyone who wants to have a fun game night!

Review from Exploding Kittens
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Dec 12, 2022
Kayleen I.
5 out of 5 stars review

Poetry for Neanderthals

This is a hilarious game that is fun for the whole family! Having to only speak in one syllable words can get very tricky and there was even more pressure knowing someone was right beside you making sure you don’t cheat. We felt the wrath of the inflatable “no” stick many times and it came with so many giggles. This is a perfect addition for any holiday get togethers!

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Dec 15, 2022
Tiffany F.
5 out of 5 stars review

Great for home or on the road

We LOVE this game! It is allot harder than you'd think to talk simply. Describing things without the use of 2 or more syllables really makes you use your brain. We played as a family with friends and we had a harder time stopping the laughter enough to play especially when the "club" started swinging. We even took the cards with us on a road trip to pass the time and it was just as much fun. Easy for the whole family to play from ages 4 (who was the best at playing, btw) all the way to grandma and grandpa.Fun for the entire family!

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Dec 12, 2022
Elyse
5 out of 5 stars review

Fun

I received a free sample of the game and expansion through tryazon for my review. I played this with friends and neighbors and it was fun. My SO is dyslexic and it was a bit challenging for him. It was a lot more challenging coming up with poems with words with one syllable than I thought it would be but it was fun hitting people with the no stick.

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Dec 16, 2022
Samantha P.
5 out of 5 stars review

A smacking good time

This game was a great party game! It was similair to Taboo but with a twist; you can only use one syllable words. We had a group of 12 adults clapping to words to check the number of syllables before speaking which was hilarious. And you can't beat bonking your friend's head with a club when they mess up. I highly recommend this game for your next party! Thanks Tryzon for sending the game!

Review from Exploding Kittens
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Dec 19, 2022
April B.
5 out of 5 stars review

Quick and Easy Friendly Fun

My family really enjoyed playing this game so much so we are bringing it to Christmas Eve for more family to try it out. This game is easy to learn the rules by reading but if you like watching or listening to someone explain them Exploding Kittens has a great video on youtube with the rules. The game itself is easy to set up, fun to play and hilarious when someone messes up and gets bonked by the inflatable NO stick! Its a Great game for 7and up and perfect for get togethers.

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Jun 16, 2021
gena
5 out of 5 stars review

This game is so cute

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] And quite amusing. I love the artwork on the game box. The game can be a bit more of a challenge than you might think and the more players you have the more fun it is. And lets face it, its real fun getting to bop folks with that no stick lol.Hours of creativity and enjoyment in store when you get this game. I am going to look into more games from this company.

Review from Exploding Kittens
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Nov 3, 2023
Julie
4 out of 5 stars review

Bring back Grok's words please!

I absolutely LOVE this game. I had so much fun playing it at a friends house, I had to go out and buy it. But, I was SO sad when I opened the box and realized Grok's words of Love and Sad are no longer a part of the game!! Those were the BEST way to end a game; laughs all around whether you won or lost. Please, oh please bring these back. It's a fantastically fun game, and these cards made it even better!

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