When I opened this review for a game called Hundreds of Horses, I expected to have a good laugh about an awful game. The first two sentences:
It’s like a less-complicated Dixit. And all horses.
However, the author is actually fairly positive! It’s clearly not a “hobby game” and not meant for hobby gamers, but it works and can be fun. What other games fall into this category? I’ll nominate:
- Happy Salmon. What’s more fun than high fiving and running around a table?
- Spot It: Reverse spot the differences. Pure reflex game that can be explained in ten seconds
- Time’s Up!: Describe something, describe it in one word, and charades. Practically always a hit
Werewords is twenty questions mixed with werewolf. If you played werewolf, you understand the rules immediately. The app takes care of dealing with the hidden information. So it’s really simple. And every time somebody says “we’ll play a couple of rounds before going home” I know I’m staying for a couple of hours, because two rounds turns into twenty really easily.