Or I have a BrainBox game. I’m really excited about this one, as I have had a BrainBox game for quite a while. I actually got my first one at Brookfield Zoo a while back. We kept it in the car and I would read the cards on long drives. Eventually I found out how to play and started playing with my grandmother before school.
In BrainBox, you reach into the box, choosing a card at random. Simultaneously, the other person turns the timer and you start reading the card. You have ten seconds to memorize as much as you can. When the other person says “Time” (or something similar) marking the end of the ten seconds, you hand over the card. You roll the die (eight-sided) and the other person reads you the question on the back of the card that corresponds with that number. If you answer correctly, you keep the card in your score pile. If you don’t, you put it back in the box.
I love the facts. I have a big thing for random facts, as anyone who knows me can confirm. The fun facts and little tidbits of information scattered everywhere in this game are right up my ally.
The questions can be quite random. I first found this out when I was playing the US States one a while back. I had pulled the Florida card. I read it, flipped it, rolled, and was completely confident in my ability to answer. I read the question confidently, ready to burst out the answer. “How many oranges are pictured?” Wait… what? I have since realized that a lot of the question are based on the pictures. For instance, on the Flightless Birds card of the Nature box, I once had a question that read, “Which bird has its legs crossed?”
This game is fast and can be concluded whenever it is necessary. At the peak of our playing time, Grandma and I could go through the whole box of over fifty cards in less than an hour!
Also, as I have just recently found out there is an online version, at the website linked to above.
