Can anyone help me identify a family board game from years ago

[Ladybird69]

I’m looking for a family board game that I had years ago any help would be greatly appreciated

Scattergories?

@Lurleene it sounds really similar to that. It had sheets where you had to write your answers down and a timer. So I could tweak it to make it the same.

Ooo just found the hasbro version. Perfect👍 thanks @Lurleene

We do this with a bit of paper each and a pen. Everyone picks a category, and write them vertically down the first column. Randomly pick a letter and everyone gets a minute to write an answer in the next column against the category. If you write something for all of them before the timer you stop it for everyone. If you get the same answer as someone else you have to cross it out. Keep going until you run out of room on the page. Cheapest game ever!!

I had a version called Categorically Speaking.

Happy to help @Ladybird69 Hope you enjoy it:)

Brilliant thread, we love a family board game and I’d never heard of this one! Thank you all for the inspiration!

We do it with a pen & paper, call it 5 Things.

Thank you for all your answers. I had another game pop up in my head! It had different challenges! Including model making with play dough Any ideas? @SirHectorDoolittle yes you can’t beat a good board game. Add a little drink or 2 and it can be hilarious 🤣

Rapidough!

I think that one might be Cranium.

Yes Cranium. There were 4 different categories and one was making a model of the word for your partner to guess

Used to play this all the time when I was around 11/12. I think it started as something we did in school.

@noodlezoodle thats it 👍 I had brainiacs in my head and couldn’t shake it! Cranium yes another great game

https://swellgarfo.com/scattergories/

You can get an online list generator now. We used to play it as an icebreaker in our church homegroup.

The screenshot shows a product review for the word-based party board game Initial Quest.

Key Details from the Review
Publisher / Distributor: Distributed in New Zealand by Holdson (NZ).
Price Listed: $24.95 NZD.
Gameplay Style: Players are given four initial letters and must think of unique answers fitting specific categories before a sand-timer runs out.
Box Contents: It comes packed in a 20cm square box featuring 20 different categories, 6 pencils, record pads, a rulebook, and a classic sand-timer.

Thanks @Lougle thatll be handy to have. @LadyBeatriceBeaHiggins it was the only pic I could find. I bought it from good old Woolworths back in the day.