R&R Games Time’s Up!- Title Recall, Card Game, Charades Card Game

Last night my smaller game group tried Time's Up: Title Recall! It ended up being the funniest and most engaging party game I've ever played, and I rarely use such lavish praise.The short description is that it's a mix of Taboo and Charades. You start with a stack of 40 titles (movies, tv shows, books, etc). You're going to work through these titles, every single one, 3 times.You're divided into teams of 2, and in Round 1 you have to get your partner to guess the title. You can say pretty much anything, with a few exceptions. You also can't pass. After 30 seconds, you keep the cards you got and hand the leftover stack to the left. Once the stack is empty you tally up the cards, reshuffle them, and move to Round 2.In Round 2 you now have to get your partner to guess the title by saying 1 word, after which you can gesture as in Charades all you want. Your partner only gets 1 guess before you have to move on to the next card. You can pass if you want. Again, once the cards have all been claimed the round ends and you tally points.By Round 3 you can't say anything to get your partner to guess, and like Round 2 they get 1 guess. It's charades only. It would be pretty hard to get someone to guess anything in 30 seconds normally, but thankfully the first 2 rounds have familiarized everyone with not only the titles available, but the most obvious ways to describe them in a short time. Again, after the last card you tally and score.It may not sound that funny from the description, and it starts out slow, but by Round 3 the group has established their own shorthand ways to describe the limited titles, many of which will end up being quickly formed in-jokes from previous rounds. For instance, in Round 1 the clue for "The Last Supper" was "A painting of Jesus having dinner." In Round 2 that became "Jesus" with the player's arms open to either side as in the painting. In Round 3 the cluegiver just spread their arms open and it worked.The short time you have available forces you to be really creative with your clues in Round 2 and 3, there are many moments of revelation when you get what a Guesser missed and hope you get that card when it comes around again.It's hard to explain just why this game is so funny, but by the end of an admittedly long party game (90 minutes), our players were red-faced and weak from laughter. Despite the length, we played 3 full games and they flew by. If you want to get a group of friends, family, or strangers invested in a party game, this is the title to get.

This excellent game is a variation on the original Time's Up board game. In the original, you have to get your teammate(s) to call out the individual named on the card. In this version, you have them guess the title of a movie, book, poem, play, song, album, game, painting or statue. Some friends found this to be much easier, as they were more familiar with the subject matter. Easier, maybe, but just as much of a blast to play as the original game.There are four rounds in the game, with the final round being optional. The same forty cards are used for all of the rounds, so it can really pay off to pay attention to everyone's clues. The first round is giving multiple clues to get your teammate(s) to guess the title on the card. You can use spoken or visual clues to describe the title. The second round, however, is a single word clue in conjunction with visual clues. The third round is charades with noises (no words) and the fourth round is charades without any movement.I have shared this game with friends and family members. It seems that 6 or 8 is the ideal number, and an even number of players works best. It takes about an hour to complete a game. We have enjoyed this game so much that we have created extra cards to use in play. It is easily expanded by just adding a pack of notecards. A thirty second timer and a scorepad are the only tools used in the game.The only drawback for this version is pretty minor. The original version includes a description of every name used in the game, while Title Recall does not include any such "answer key."

I bought this for my son per his request for his 20th birthday. We opened it up to play it and it seemed like a pretty fun game. Appears to be a mixture of charades and taboo. I will say it is pretty complex for children under the age of 14 to play. Great for adults

My brother brought this on a family vacation and it was so much fun! It's super easy to learn how to play, you don't have to be familiar with the topics on the cards to be good at describing them or acting them out, and we laughed the whole way through. We enjoyed it so much that when we came home from vacation, my husband ordered the game for us to have to play with friends. The game comes with two full packs of cards and the cards have two sides with two clues on each card. This essentially gives you 4 packs worth of clues, so I assume you would need to play a lot of rounds of this game before you would exhaust the clues or start to repeat them. I love it as a simple party game that's easy to just jump in and play and guarantees lots of laughs!

I love this game! I first played at a friend's party and had a blast. It's a great game to play when not everyone in the room knows each other, a fun way to break the ice. I bought this later for my sister's birthday and she loves it. It's a staple for family game night now. We also like that we don't neccessarily have to play by the included rules (number or cards, passing cards, etc.). The only con is I wish the timer was a little longer, but that's easy to fix by using one from a different game.Overall: I recommend this game and we will keep playing this at parties and family game night!

Super fun game

This is such a fun game! It is geared for older kids and adults. All of the titles are appropriate for children, but they don’t know enough about the older things to know how to explain them. My 10-year-old boy did OK, but there is no way I would let any of the younger kids play. With adults it is so fun! We laugh so hard and have such a great time. I am supersensitive to “adult “ things in games and this game gets my full approval. Nothing off-color.

Bought this to play with family after the holiday chaos and what a stress reliever. We all enjoyed this so much -everyone ages 11-55 had so much fun and wanted to play every evening. Totally recommend