Friday, October 25, 2024

Deadlines Card Game Review

 

Deadlines

Players: 1-10
Play Time: 15-30 minutes
Ages: 12+

Overview:
Three columns are created, one for year of birth, one for lifespan and one for year of death. On your turn, you pick from one of three piles of cards with (in)famous peoples’ names on them and try to place that person correctly into one of the three columns. Because correctly placed cards stay, the game gets harder as you play. Some cards also give you the chance to guess the cause of death and let you get rid of or give penalty cards. The person with the fewest mistakes at the end of the game, wins.

Review:

In full disclosure, I happened to win this game in a giveaway from FoxMind rather than purchasing it. Now I will say, that had I just seen this game in the store, I probably would not have purchased it. I am a math/science girl. History and dates are NOT my thing, so I expected to fail miserably. I did lose, by a lot. Like a lot. However, gameplay pleasantly surprised me. It did not feel like a history test at all! A lot of more contemporary popular figures are included, (that even my non pop-culture savvy self knew). There was a lot more wiggle room than I expected. It’s such a simple concept, we said it could easily be played with non-gamers or taken to a gathering. This is more likely a warm-up game rather than the main game of the night, but that doesn’t make it bad. We’re glad it found its way to our collection and will likely continue to keep it in our pre-Halloween lineup (even though the game really has nothing to do with Halloween)!


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