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.

Every group we have played this with has loved it. So much fun.

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

I bought this for our annual family game party. We haven't played yet but it reminds me of some of the other games we've played. I know we will have a blast.

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

Okay this with my sister and nephew and his fiancée and always have a blast!!

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."

It was good to have some suggestions on the cards for things to guess and the type of clue you could give but otherwise it seemed cumbersome with rules and score keeping. It definitely is not as quick-paced and fun as Taboo, Catchphrase or Pictionary. I wanted to have a new game for after Thanksgiving dinner and it was just so-so.

Happy to add to other box sets.

Es incomprensible que un juego tan divertido, entretenido y fácil de jugar como este tenga tan pocas versiones en el mercado español. Las tarjetas se te acaban enseguida y pierde rápido la gracia. Por eso me decidí a pillar esta versión inglesa. Aunque hay unas cuantas que no se sabe lo que son ya que pertenecen seguramente a su cultura popular inglesa, hay muchas otras aprovechables, aportando muchas más horas de diversión. Por favor, sacad más versiones en castellano!!

Probably our favourite game of all time and we've got loads of great games (including Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, King of Tokyo etc.)The box is way too big but that may be to allow for expansions. I like the idea from another reviewer about making your own cards. I imagine this could be very easy with an ordinary pack of playing cards and either sleeves or just a label maker.It is American which means that some of the TV series are unknown in the UK. However, we recently played this with a 9 year old and he was absolutely brilliant because he simply mimed the words he saw on the card without worrying about any other associations.We use the timer on a mobile phone rather than the egg-timer included. Seeing it count down also adds a bit of extra excitement.

We have family game night with our adult children every other weekend. We all really enjoy this game. Lots of laughing and joking around. I like that there are a lot of cards and 2 options per card. This game will last a long time and worth every penny.

Totally love this game, was definitely a firm family favourite at Christmas, we couldn't stop playing it, and big suprise was my 12 year old daughter was SO good at it, first round the adults always did best as we knew the films or books and directors etc but by round two she had picked up what the cards said much better than the rest of us and was lightening fast to convey the title... brilliant entertainment for everyone