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    YOU'VE BEEN SENTENCED GAME REVIEW
     AND GIVEAWAY

    You've Been Sentenced!You've Been Sentenced Game
    One of the newest games in our collection is YOU'VE BEEN SENTENCED! by McNeill Designs
    From their site: 

    For 3 to 10 Players / Ages 8 and up

    Play Time: 30-45 minutes
    CONTENTS:
    540-card word deck
    Score sheet pad
    Sand timer
    Pencil
    Rules sheet

    Overview/Object of Game

    You’ve been Sentenced!TM by McNeill Designs for Brighter MindsTM is a completely original game system which utilizes pentagon-shaped cards containing conjugations of funny words, famous names, and familiar places. With a hand of 10 cards, players build sentences, challenging their ingenuity while trying to score the most points per round by constructing a grammatically correct and sensible sentence. Most words are worth 5 points, but some of the more unusual conjugations are often worth more, based on usage difficulty in a sentence.

    During play, any player can object to another player’s sentence. For example, is the sentence’s grammar correct? Is its meaning understandable? The defending player and the objecting player must argue their points to the rest of the players, who form a “Jury.” The Jury votes on whether or not the sentence is acceptable. Hilarity ensues when a player tries to defend, explain, and justify a completely ridiculous sentence to the Jury. Only accepted sentences score points. The first player to reach 200 or more points wins! 

      

    Our Take On the Game:  This is a crazy game.  The box and cards are shaped like pentagon.  I love weird shaped games and cards.  It can be difficult to "shuffle" the cards like a normal set of cards. If you try and do this, you will drive yourself batty!  Just put them all on the table and spread them around to get them mixed.  Then put them back into formed piles!  I say crazy because it is unlike any game that we already own.  You have to somehow form a sentence using 10 random cards that is also grammatically correct (yeah right).  

    The first two times that I played this game with my 11 year old, my old 40 something head was hurting me!  She was whipping out sentences and I was going "huh?" The game is all about fun and being crazy! On the third hand (ok so I'm a slow learner?) I was into it 110% and determined to make my sentence before she did and use more cards to get more points.  My daughter will tell you that I'm very competitive and will strive to win whatever game I'm playing.  
    The funny thing with this game is that it puts every player on the same level.  No one really has an advantage over anyone else because the cards that you get are all you have to form your sentence.  If you love making long, meaningful sentences you'll learn to love short quirky sentences with high points! 


    This is a 3-8 player game but my 11 year old and I play this all the time.  It is more crazy-fun when you have more players but two can play it just as well.  I love games where you have to make words with your letter tiles.  I'm thinking that this sentence making game ranks up there with my word games and even passes up my love of Monopoly (which is my most favorite classical childhood game).  
    There is so much more that I want to tell you about this game!  Check back I'll post more during our weekly Game Link ups!




    ENTER TO WIN 1 copy of You've Been Sentenced

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    3) Go check out the sponsor, McNeill Designs.  Tell me something that you learned from their site.  For each comment that you leave you get 5 entries.  

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    Giveaway ends 10/20 USA

    Thanks to McNeill Designs for sending me a copy of the game to review.  It was my pleasure to write a review based on my experience with the game.  All words expressed on OurTake on the Game are our own tasty words and opinions.  

    99 comments:

    1. My favorite game is scrabble! Word games do rock! I'd love to try this game. If you like it, I surely should. lisal at gmail dot com

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    99. Wow! This is so cool. I can't believe it. I can't wait to play it. Thank you very much!!

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