Say Anything

Say Anything is a party game for for 3-8 players, but’s best at the top end of that scale. Like a few party games, the scoring is almost irrelevant, and the experience is geared towards a kind of comic absurdity.

Over a set number of rounds players take turns asking a question (from a card of five choices) whilst all other players have a crack at answering it. But unlike, say, Trivial Pursuit, there’s no general knowledge here. Knowing the questioner might come in handy, but then again it might not – all the questions are faintly abstract and silly, like what’s the best toy ever or who you’d be most willing to spend time with trapped on a desert island. Some do skew potentially toward an adult audience (Best activity for a first date) but how adult it gets is entirely controlled by the group, so it’s a kid-friendly game in the right environment.

Once the question is asked, the other players write their answers down before revealing one at a time around the table. The questioner secretly chooses their favourite answer according, officially, to it being the most accurate (although in practice we’ve found it’s often the funniest, or most moving, or whatever criteria you choose really) but before revealing their choice, all the other players put voting chips by the answer they think will be chosen (you can vote for your own answer). Points are awarded to the player whose answer was chosen, and to all the players who voted for it, before a new round begins. After 12 rounds, the game ends and points are tallied.