Quickplay - Time’s Up - Party Game in 3 Rounds

Aug 27, 2026

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A party game for two or more teams played in three timed rounds to score points by correctly guessing names. The Deck of Fame provides 432 name cards, a 30-second timer, and a score pad. Round 1 allows broad cluegiving with only restrictions against using parts of the name or spelling it. Round 2 limits clues to one word and allows passing. Round 3 forbids speech, using only non-verbal clues until all names are guessed.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages13

Reading Time20 min

AccessFree to download

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A PARTY GAME IN 3 ROUNDS FOR TWO OR MORE TEAMS. CONTENTS: 432 Cards, 30 second timer and score pad OBJECT: To score the most points by collecting names in 3 separate rounds. | Quickplay: A game is played using a set of randomly chosen name cards. Each team gets 30 seconds to guess as many names as possible, with one player giving clues to his teammates. Players can always use sound effects and pantomime, but speech becomes more restricted as the game progresses: | | | --- | --- | | | IN ROUND 1-
Cluegivers can say anything.
IN ROUND 2-
Cluegivers can say only one word.
IN ROUND 3-
Cluegivers can’t say anything | Each round ends when all names in the Deck of Fame have been guessed. All names are put back into the Deck for the next round. High score after the third round wins. SETUP Divide into teams with team members sitting across from each other. Time’s Up! works best when played in teams of two players each. (Three teams of two, for example, is better than two teams of three.) With more than ten players, larger teams will be necessary. (See end of rules for odd number of players.) Choose a player to keep score. Decide whether you’ll be using the YELLOW or the BLUE names. Make sure everyone knows which color you’re using! Do not mix colors within the same game. Deal out 40 cards evenly among all players (for a longer game, deal out more cards) . Then deal two more cards to each player. The rest of the deck won’t be used and should be put back in the box. Each player may look at their cards and discard two of them. (Players should not reveal their cards to each other.) All remaining cards are then shuffled together and stacked face down in the center of the table. This stack is the Deck of Fame. Choose a starting team to take the Deck. The next team clockwise from the starting team takes the timer and will use it to time the other team’s turn. HOW TO PLAY Round 1-Almost anything goes with cluegiving but passing is not allowed. On each team’s turn, one member of the team is the Cluegiver and the rest are the Guessers. (On successive turns, the Cluegiver will be a different member of the team.) The Cluegiver takes the Deck, draws the top card from it, and looks at the YELLOW or BLUE name depending on which color everyone agreed upon at the start. Once the Cluegiver has looked at the name, the next team says,“Go!” and starts the timer. The Cluegiver begins giving clues to his teammate(s) . The Cluegiver can say or do almost anything: he can sing, hum, point, charade, give full descriptions of the person, etc. The only restrictions are: • No part or variant of the name can be used in the clue. Ex: You can’t use“Willy” or “Bill” to get the Guesser to say WILLIAM. • “Rhymes with” clues are acceptable, provided the Cluegiver doesn’t actually say the rhyming word. Ex: “Sounds like the animal that oinks” would be OK, but not “Sounds like pig.” • No spelling of the name is allowed, nor is any clue designed to give away specific letters of the name (the only exception is for names using initials, such as H. G. WELLS, although for such names the cluegiver is still forbidden to say the initials outright) . The Guessers try to guess the name on the Cluegiver’s card. The Guessers can make as many guesses as they wish; there is no penalty for a wrong answer. Guessers must say the full name as printed on the card, although words in parentheses are optional. For example,“Nixon” would not be sufficient for RICHARD NIXON, but “Renoir” would be enough for (PIERRE AUGUSTE) RENOIR. If the Guessers call out the correct name, the Cluegiver sets the card aside, draws a new card from the Deck, and begins giving clues for the name on that card. The Cluegiver cannot pass and move on to a new name until the Guessers call out the correct name. If the Cluegiver doesn’t recognize the name he draws, he’ll have to be more resourceful with his clues (see Tips, next page) . If the Cluegiver gives an illegal clu

FAQs

How is scoring determined in the game?

Each team earns 1 point for every correctly guessed card. After Round 3, the team with the highest total wins.

What are the main restrictions for clues in Round 1?

No part or variant of the name may be used, rhyming clues are allowed only without stating the rhyming word, and spelling or letter-revealing clues are not allowed (initials are also forbidden to be said outright).

What changes in clue rules from Round 1 to Round 2 and Round 3?

Round 2 limits each clue to no more than one word with specific non-verbal continuation rules and passing allowed. Round 3 allows only non-verbal clues, with the cluegiver unable to speak.

Aug 27, 2026

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