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The Only Word: the Party Word Game

The Only Word: the Party Word Game

Economicus Games · 2019
1–1210–20 min6+ yrs1.2/5 complexity6.4 BGG#17.290 BGG112KidsPartyCo-op
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How do you play The Only Word: the Party Word Game?

The Only Word is a vivid party word game that brings your imagination and creativity to a new level and guarantees ultimate fun. Inspired by Codenames, the game features the best advantages of compact travel tabletop games – very easy to explain, very dynamic and can be played even on the way without a table.

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The Only Word: the Party Word Game box art
official art · Economicus Games

The Only Word is a vivid party word game that brings your imagination and creativity to a new level and guarantees ultimate fun. Inspired by Codenames, the game features the best advantages of compact travel tabletop games – very easy to explain, very dynamic and can be played even on the way without a table. Other key advantages of the game – all the players are in the game all the time and you get both competitive (each player plays for himself) and cooperative modes in one box.

How to play the game:

 Take your cards in hand as your personal deck, and move the first card slightly down. The numbers of the second card indicate the words of the first card - they are your challenge!
 Describe (or rather bridge) your challenge words with a one-word clue. The players have an option to choose how many challenge words (2 or 3) they will bridge.
 Speak out your clue and show your card - other players should rack their brains to be the first who guess all the words you described. 

The players have only one try to show how shrewd they are. The first player to solve the clue discards one of his cards. The goal of the game is to get rid of all the cards.

Why the game is so cute:

 easy game rules, that can be explained in 1 minute - it’s a perfect family game;
 you don’t need a table to play the game, so you can take it wherever you want;
 it is very dynamic, all the players are in the game every turn; 
 the game has both competitive (3+) and cooperative (2+) modes;
 two difficulty levels; 
 the game is bilingual: the words on the cards are in the English and in the Russian languages (for the Russian edition). You can play in one of the  languages or in both;
 very replayable with the total of 1008 words on the cards. 

—description from the designer

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.2 / 5
BGG rating6.4 / 10
Vibe
KidsPartyCo-op
Play time
10–20 min
Players
1–12
Recommended age
6+ yrs
BGG rank
#17.290

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The Only Word: the Party Word Game is a action / dexterity game, for 1–12 players, taking ~10–20 minutes, featuring communication limits. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Only Word: the Party Word Game — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does The Only Word: the Party Word Game support?
The Only Word: the Party Word Game is played by 1–12 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Only Word: the Party Word Game take?
A game of The Only Word: the Party Word Game takes about 10–20 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Only Word: the Party Word Game for?
The Only Word: the Party Word Game is recommended from age 6.
Q7How complex is The Only Word: the Party Word Game?
The Only Word: the Party Word Game has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.2 out of 5.
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