The classic Alias board game. "alias" board game
Do you want to have fun and interesting time with your friends? Then take the game "Alias Party" and unbridled fun is guaranteed to you.
The compact travel version of the famous game "Alias Party" is the optimal version to take the game with you everywhere, as well as not to part with your favorite game on a car trip, on vacation, in nature! Given that the size of the game is important during the trip, as well as the availability of space for it, the authors of the game have developed new version, in which the playing field is reduced to the size of a notebook, and the movement cards are replaced with other tasks.
In this game, you will need the ability to explain certain words to your friends so that they can guess what you are trying to convey to them, and the ability to guess what they are trying to explain to you. In addition, you will have to write funny stories, describe celebrities, as well as explain words in various emotional states (hysterical, happy or angry) or without using certain letters. At the same time, you need to try very hard so that your comrades guess the word, celebrity or emotion that fell to you.
But, you must remember the main thing - do not name the word or its parts! Otherwise, penalty points are provided to you.
The game does not require almost any preparation, its advantage is also short and easy rules.
What is the essence of the game?
Players are divided into teams.
You have to get cards with words and for a certain time (while the sand is poured in the hourglass) explain the words.
Each word card has 8 words. You have to take several cards from the appropriate deck and try to explain to your friends one word with the indicated serial number from each card. The number of the explained words corresponds to the location of your chip on the playing field. The more words you can explain within the specified time, the further your chip can advance.
To make the game more interesting, the field has special cards. All cards in the game are divided into categories: Words and Celebrities, which are marked with a certain symbol on the playing field. Getting on the indicated symbols, you have to take a card from the corresponding pile and complete the task. In addition, at the beginning of the game you have to write 3 Emotions and 3 letters on a piece of paper (for an easy level, choose rarely used letters, for example, Y, L, H, for a difficult level, letters that are used often, for example, O, K, P). Now about the colored symbols on the field:
story time marked in white. If you hit this icon, then you have to come up with and tell a crazy story. At the same time, you need to explain to your friends all the words from the card in the order in which they are written in a certain time, telling a complete story. If you completed the task in less time, you can continue your story by taking the next card. If your team guesses 8 words, then you get the right to roll the Bonus Dice. If any word was omitted during the explanation, then you will be awarded a penalty point.
Emoticons make us happy on the field yellow. If you hit the Smiley, you have to give vent to emotions. Roll a die to choose one of the three emotions written on the piece of paper. You have to take several Word cards and explain in turn the words with the number indicated in the Smiley field from each card, depicting a given emotional state, using only your voice, facial expression and body language. The team tries to guess the words. If you manage to explain all the words in the given emotional state, then your team gets to roll the Bonus Die. The smiley card is shown to all players.
Celebrities marked on the field with a red icon. Getting to this place, the player takes the corresponding card and tries to describe as many celebrities from it as possible. The words are explained in the order in which they are written on the card. If you find it difficult, you can skip any word, but then you will be assigned a penalty point. The more words your friends can guess in the allotted time, the more points you get.
Examples: Boris Moiseev, Winnie the Pooh, Santa Claus, Whoopi Goltberg, etc.
Forbidden letters marked with a blue icon. Getting on the corresponding symbol, you will have to determine the forbidden letter by throwing a die (one of those that were written at the beginning of the game on a piece of paper).
Next, try to explain the words without using that letter. If you accidentally said it, then take a new card and start again.
Bonus Dice allows you to get additional bonus points (from 1 to 3 extra steps on the field) if you have successfully completed the tasks of the Party.
The team that reaches the finish line first wins the game!
A game "Alias Party" is able to decorate any evening, giving its participants a sea of laughter and joyful emotions.
Series games " Alias" will be a great gift for both adults and children (sets have been released for children) "Alias Junior" And "Alias Junior compact version", which differ in the complexity of tasks, plot and design). There is also an adult version "Alias Say Different" "Alias Party", and compact versions of the game "Alias Party compact" And "Alias Say otherwise compact" which are convenient to take with you on trips.
Well, if you want something new in the style of Alias, then we recommend that you get acquainted with another great party game - "activity".
For example, the word "bike" can be explained as " vehicle with two wheels and pedals without a motor".
The game "Alias", or in the Russian version "Say otherwise", is a great way to have fun in any company. It can be played by both children and adults. The goal of the game is to explain the hidden word to your partners.
For example, the word "bicycle" can be explained as "a vehicle with two wheels and pedals, without a motor".
It is forbidden to use single-root words when explaining, to translate a word into another language, to use gestures.
The game appeared 20 years ago and very quickly gained popularity all over the world. In terms of popularity, it is not inferior to any gambling games that you can play in online casinos at www.provulkan.com
The minimum number of players is 4 people - two teams of 2 people. There is a version of the game for 3 people, but I'll talk about it below. The maximum number of players in the classic version is 12 people. That is 6 teams of 2 players. But you can play with big amount participants, just in each team there will be 3 players.
What do you need to play
To play Alias you need to have:
1. playing field. Here is a field I made myself. You can download it from the link below if you wish.
2. Game chips and hourglass.
Chips can be taken from any children's board game. You can take multi-colored buttons. You can mold chips from colored plasticine. Each team needs one chip.
Harder to find hourglasses. Of course, you can buy them in bookstores or souvenir shops. But you can do fine without them, using a regular watch with a second hand. And you can assign one of the players "counting". The counting person will count measuredly from 1 to 100. And during this time, the teams guess the words.
3. Word cards.
Regular Alias cards look like this:
If the game is intended for kids who still cannot read or read poorly, cards can be made like this:
Rules of the game
All players are divided into teams of 2 people (or more if there are more than 12 players).
Each team chooses a game chip.
All chips are placed on the starting position of the playing field.
The cards are thoroughly shuffled and laid out in a stack, face down, in the center of the table next to the field.
The team that starts the game is determined by lot or rhyme. Further in the course of the game, teams get the right to move clockwise.
Time is recorded (an hourglass is turned over or a stopwatch is started).
The first player of the team takes a card, reads the first word to himself and tries to explain it to his teammate. You cannot use single-root words and gestures. The second player of the team, in turn, tries to guess by naming the proposed word. You have to guess exactly. That is, if original word"bun", you need to name it exactly, the word "bun" will not work.
As soon as the word is guessed, the player takes the second card.
If the word is not guessed, you can say "PASS" and take a new card. But for each unsolved word, a penalty point is awarded.
When the time runs out, the points earned by the team are calculated. Each guessed word - plus one point, each unsolved - minus one point. The team chip moves around the playing field for the number of points scored.
The turn passes to the second team.
When the turn passes to the already playing team, the players change roles. The one who explained the word will guess, and the one who guessed will explain.
Additional terms
If the game is played with cards with 8 words each, you need to guess the word under the number, which is written in a circle under the team chip. Look carefully! On the playing field in each circle of the track there is a number.
Some mugs have emoticons on them. From such a circle, an arrow leads either forward or backward. Accordingly, when a chip hits such a field, it must be moved in the indicated direction.
Game for 3 participants
If there are only three people who want to play, you can arrange it as follows.
Alias is one of popular games, but it is familiar to many under a different name "Say it differently." A game of logic, speed of thinking and the ability to play in a team. The rules are simple, the game is compact, it is easy to take it on the road or to visit friends.
Alias - table game, the purpose of which is to explain the hidden word in other words. The game helps to replenish lexicon and improve speech. Another name for this game is Say Different. Both children and adults can play.
Alias game rules
How to play alias game
Several teams in the allotted time (an hourglass is included with the game) must quickly understand what word their player is trying to explain with the help of synonyms and associations. There are different versions of the game, where, in addition to cards with words, there are fields, when you get to them, you need to explain the words while standing on one leg or shaking your hand. There are games with certain categories of fields. If the chip falls on it, you can select a category.
Game alias cards with words
Alias game print cards
Alias game for kids
Difference from the adult version in lighter words (body parts, animals, food, furniture). Words are not only written, but also drawn. The rules are somewhat simplified, because children can explain the word with sounds (cow - mu), select antonyms and synonyms. The players move the chips by the number of moves indicated on the die. The word is guessed - the player rolls the die further, not guessed - the other player moves. The game is designed for children from five years old.
Words for game alias, list
- Animals (peacock, horse, jaguar)
- Professions and ranks (cook, taxi driver, duke, general)
- Transport (trolleybus, aircraft)
- Sports (football, tennis)
- Clothing (kimono, panama)
- Nature (spring, waterfall, constellation)
- Dancing (tango, paso doble)
- Furniture (table, bed)
- Events (excursion, fair, festival)
- Art (icon, statue)
- body parts and internal organs(stomach, liver)
- Adjectives (high, voluminous)
- Two words in the composition ( solar eclipse, polar bear, contact lenses)
- Countries (Chile, Serbia)
- Verbs (to wrap, multiply)
Alias junior game
In the Junior version, the cards have a word and an image. Words from simple categories: dishes, animals, nature, interior. You can use a lot of hints: sounds, synonyms and antonyms. The number of players from 2 people.
Party alias game
The rules in this game are the same as in the standard game. The difference is that the cards are divided into categories: celebrities, words, emoticons (you need to explain emotions), poses. The playing field in the form of a roulette, which field the arrow points to, from there you need to take a card. The game has colored fields for chips. Blue means that the player must explain the words while standing in a certain position or performing movements. The yellow field will force the player to explain the words with a certain mood. White field - you must combine all the words from the card into one story (words can be called).
Alias family game
In the family version of Alias, each family member plays for himself. To decide on a partner who must guess the words, you need to rotate the roulette wheel. Both players at the end receive points for guessing the words. This game can be played by a family of three or more people.
game alias video
DIY alias game, step by step guide
Material:
- Paper white
- Cardboard
- Hourglass or ordinary with a second hand
- multicolored buttons
- Scissors
Working process:
The game is suitable for home gatherings, for while away the time while traveling. It can be presented for a small holiday to friends or family.
And now a little more about the rules and the course of the game. (I’ll tell you about the version of the game that we usually play, it differs slightly from the description of the manufacturer’s rules, but not much. Moreover, this kind of game implies that in each company the rules are somewhat transformed for people who constantly play this game)
At the very beginning, everyone is divided into teams (there can be any number of players in a team). Each team chooses a chip and puts it on the start. Word cards are in the center of the table. The team that will start the game agrees among themselves who will explain the words this time, the rest of the team members will guess. The player pulls out a card, the hourglass turns over, and begins to explain the words (and the order is determined by the explainer himself). For each word guessed by his team, the team chip moves one step forward on the playing field. We advise that the player from the other team move the chip at this moment, so as not to distract the pointer and guessers from the process.
But the team has only 1 minute. As soon as the last grain of sand falls, all the other players who until that moment could not guess are included in the game. But a minute has passed and everyone can start guessing. And which team guesses the word, that one moves forward on the playing field.
As soon as all the words from the card are guessed, the “round” ends. The turn to show and guess goes to the next team.
When explaining the words, it is important to remember that the answer must be exactly as written on the card. For example, if the word “swing-board” is explained, the players must guess exactly that, it is not enough to say only “swing”. We can immediately say that we guess two words. First explains the first, and then we move on to the second. (not forgetting to fix the already guessed first or second part with your team). As a result, the team calls the correct combination and you can move on to the next word.
Single-root words cannot be used. That is, if the word “swing” is on the card, you can’t say “this is what they swing on”. We can say that "it is always on the playgrounds and they fly high on them." Explaining the word "aircraft", one cannot say that this is a "flying vehicle", because. These words have the same root. For each such error-clause, the team's chip is returned one move back on the playing field.
However, you can use antonyms or synonyms. Moreover, you can say “the antonym of the word “big” (if the word is small on the card). If a difficult word comes across, then it is better to temporarily skip it and explain it when the time is up, so as not to spend all the time explaining it.
The first team to reach the finish line wins!
This game comes with a game board, spinning game board arrow, hourglass, 6 tokens and 400 cards (290 with words, 96 celebrity cards, 8 emoticon cards, 6 position cards)
In this version, the players, as in the classic Alias, are divided into teams and must also explain the words from the card. The rules of explanation remain the same - you cannot speak the same root words.
What is special about this version? Let's try to figure it out.
The first difference that catches your eye is the "roulette" on the playing field, as well as the presence of special divisions on the field. If the team’s chip falls on such a division, then “new” cards will be needed here, which are not in the classic version.
The red circle is the "Celebrities" field. Draw a card from the celebrity deck. On it you will find 8 names famous musicians, actors, heroes of films and cartoons. Your task is any accessible ways explain to a teammate who it is about
Yellow field - emotions. Take the smiley card. Words must be explained according to the usual rules, but at the same time the player must portray the emotion that has fallen out. Examples of emotions: frightened, joyful, angry, embarrassed, hysterical, etc.
The blue field is a pose. Similar to "emotions": the player draws a card from the deck of positions and explains the words in the position that he came across. Examples: stand with your back to the team, do squats, pat yourself on the head, do a swallow, etc.
White field - tell a story. In this space, the player takes only one card with words and must explain to his team all eight words from this card in a minute, linking his explanations into one logical story.
If the team successfully completes the tasks on the "special fields", then it gets the opportunity to spin the "roulette" and get an additional number of points (from 1 to 3)
The game can be a great addition to the classic version.
The kit includes:
300 family cards
180 cards for adults
20 task cards
hourglass
8 chips
playing field
roulette
A distinctive feature of this version is that here everyone plays for himself. The game is focused specifically on the family game. There are “adult cards” and there are “children's” cards with simpler words. Also, there are task cards. And also fun penalty actions (for example, explain words while standing on one leg or sneezing)
Before starting to explain the words, the player spins the roulette wheel, which indicates to him a partner for the round. For each correctly guessed word, both partners move across the playing field.
This version of the game can be called one of the best, because it is really focused specifically on the family game. If you like to play Say Different with friends, then this version will allow you to play your favorite game with your family at home.
The game includes a playing field, 6 chips different color(ideally 6 teams, but if you want more, you can replace the chip with any small object), an hourglass and 300 cards with pictures and words.
Unlike the adult version of Alias, the children's version has one word and a picture on the cards, which allows even those who cannot read to play the game.
This team game, in which you need to explain to your teammates the words that are shown in the pictures.
Teams must have a minimum of two players, and there is no maximum number of teams or players per team.
An ideal game for a children's company. If you are traveling with children and want to play by yourself for some time - take Alias junior with you - children will be happy to play it separately from adults.
The rules of the game are the same as in the classic version. We wrote more about the course of the game
As we already mentioned, there are no words on the cards in this game. Letters are written on the cards. Players must form words in three different ways. The number on the field under the command chip indicates how in this case the word should be composed.
Passwords (both players explain)
Open 5 cards with words and flip the hourglass. Both players must form a word consisting ONLY of the letters that have fallen out on the cards. An empty card can mean any letter.
When one player makes up a word, his task is to explain it using classical Alias rules.
Use all three
The player who makes the move reveals three cards and turns over the clock. His task is to come up with a word that includes all these three letters in any order. For example, with the letters OTP, you can guess the word PYTHON
Having come up with a word, the player begins to explain it according to the classical rules. When the word is guessed, the second player opens three more letters and thinks of a new word for explanation.
When the time runs out, the team can move their chip across the board by the number of words they guessed divided by two.
Chains of letters
The explaining player takes the deck in his hand. The clock is turned over and the player puts two cards with letters on the table, one under the other, in two rows.
These are the first letters of two chains, which the explainer must make as long as possible.
First, he explains a word that starts with one of the two letters. When the second player guesses the word, the explainer can take a card with a letter from the deck and place it next to one of the initial letters, thus continuing the chain. At the same time, he must think of a word that begins with these letters.
LI - sheet
LIT - literature
In the rules there is also a description of additional rules of the game.
Which of the games to choose (or maybe several) is up to you. But no matter which one you choose, it will bring a lot of pleasure to you and your children! On my own behalf, I’ll add that this type of game is my favorite, so we have collected several variations of this game at home and we play each one with great pleasure. And, if all the cards have already been studied and the game has become a little annoying, then great option to diversify it is to start playing in a foreign language.
In Game Say otherwise are played in teams of two or more. main idea The game is about explaining words to your teammates in other words, using, for example, synonyms, antonyms and clues so that your team members can guess as many words as possible before time runs out. The more words the team guessed, the more steps it will be able to take forward on the playing board. In the game Say Different / Party, words can be explained in completely new and incredible ways. The team that reaches the finish line first wins the game.
Game progress
- Set the spinning arrow on the game board.
- Place the Word cards face down in separate piles next to each team. Place the Position and Emoticon cards face down in the spaces marked for them on the game board.
- Each team takes a blank celebrity card and writes 8 names on it, for example, the names of acquaintances and friends. Then mix these cards with the rest of the Celebrity cards, divide them into two piles and place them face down on the game board.
- Each team chooses a playing piece and places it on the Start field.
- Teams alternately choose a player who will explain the words in the first round. This player takes a number of cards with words on the playing board (10-15 pieces). Each card has 8 words. The other teams then choose a number between 1 and 8, such as 4. Hourglass turn over and the player begins to explain the word number 4 (see Explanation of words). When the team guesses the correct answer, the explainer puts the card on the table and begins to explain the word number 4 in the next card.
- When the clock runs out of sand, the other teams shout "Stop!". If the player then continues to explain the word, then all teams have the right to guess. The team that gives the correct answer the fastest wins and has the right to make one move forward on the playing board.
- The number of cards on the table indicates how many forward moves a team can make (see Errors and Omissions).
- The right to move passes to the next team. Used cards are returned to the bottom of the deck. Unused cards are passed on to the next explainer, who may also want to take some new cards from the board.
- The fields with numbers on the playing board are numbered from 1 to 8 and now the number of the word to be explained will be determined by the number on which the team chip is located. Team members take turns explaining the words.
- There are also "Party" fields on the game board. When a team token lands on one of these spaces at the start of its turn, a special explanation method is applied (see Party Explanations). Successful completion of the "Party" tasks gives the team the right to spin the bonus "top" in the middle of the game board and move forward faster!
- The team that reaches the finish line first wins the game!
Errors and omissions
If the explaining player makes a mistake - for example, says part of the word indicated on the card, the word will not be accepted and the team must take one step back. Therefore, each team must carefully listen to the explanations of the other teams. For example, if the team guessed b words, but the explainer made two mistakes, then the team makes a move 4 spaces forward (6-2 = 4). If a word seems too heavy, you can skip it, but remember that for this you will have to take one move back. However, sometimes it's worth it, as you can save time.
Explanation of the "Party" field
Each time a team manages to successfully complete a Party task, it has the right to spin a spinning top, which gives bonus points (1-3). This means that the team can advance as many fields as they guessed the words, plus the number of steps indicated by the arrow. The hourglass is used in the same way as in normal explanations.