Ginger Fox Special Edition Catchphrase Card Game

£12.99

The famed “say what you see” game show is now available in a card game format perfect for bringing out at family gatherings. In the box are 123 playing cards perfect for three or more players to compete against each other to guess the iconic catchphrases.

The box comes with two sets of cards; the first set is the regular catchphrase cards with an image on each side and the answer to the reverse on the bottom of each one. The second set of cards is separated with a silver border, compared to the blue border of the regular cards, and are for use in the bonus rounds. The cards show the usual cartoon style of the popular game show.

To play the game, the deck of regular catchphrase cards are placed in the middle with the buzzer card placed next to it. When the first card is revealed the first person to tap the buzzer card and call out the correct answer wins and gains 100 points. However, if you give the incorrect answer, you are frozen out of the game for that card. Once the correct answer is given, the next card is revealed, and everyone can again guess the catchphrase. Once you have played 6 cards, the person with the fewest points becomes the host and the bonus catchphrase cards are used.

The bonus rounds work very similarly to the previous ones, but now each card is worth 200 points. A bonus card catchphrase is revealed, and again, the first person to guess the correct answer wins the points. However, this is where this edition of the game gets special as on the back of every bonus catchphrase card is a QR code to access an animated catchphrase card online – but this is only for the player who correctly identified the catchphrase of the bonus card. Much like the TV show, you tap away the squares to reveal the card to guess the catchphrase. If you are correct, you win 500 points, but if you’re wrong you return to regular play and end round one. The game is fun as you can choose how many rounds you want to play to suit how long you have free to play.

If you don’t have access to the internet for the QR codes, the bonus rounds can still be played using the reveal sleeve. To play this way the lowest-scoring player in the first part of the game places a bonus card into the sleeve and slowly reveals the card’s catchphrase image to the bonus point-playing player and they guess like above for the chance to win 500 points. Therefore, this game is great to take on car journeys or on flights where you may not always have service as you can still make the most of the bonus rounds without the online aspects. 

I sat down to play catchphrase with my family, and it was great. We all remember playing along with the iconic game show on TV, so now getting the chance to see how we’d actually fair was very fun. We played using the online QR codes which added a really nice immersive touch to the game. If you are a fan of the Catchphrase game, then this card game from Ginger Fox is perfect for you. It makes a great game to throw in a bag and bring around with you for endless catchphrase fun on the go.

Pros:

• 123 playing cards for plenty of catchphrases to guess
• Online QR codes for animated bonus round cards
• Adjustable gameplay time frame depending on how many rounds you choose to play