Games Review: Tipayatung and Say What?
Games to Test Knowledge of Common Phrases, Lyrics and Quotes
Oct 1, 2008
Tipayatung and Say What? are fun and challenging memory games that focus on recalling phrases and quotes suitable for older children, teens and adults.
Tipayatung by Takemon Games
Number of Players: 2 - 6
Age: 10+
In this fun board game will have teens and adults laughing must reach “Centre Stage” by completing increasingly difficult phrases. The phrases come from one of four categories:
- Entertainment – TV and movies
- Quotes – famous quotes and proverbs
- Your Childhood – Nursery rhymes, cartoons and Christmas carols
- Music – song lines
Squares on the game board have a symbol corresponding to one of the categories. With each question players are given the beginning of a phrase and its source/origin as a clue.
To increase the challenge, each player is given three one-use-only action cards:
- The hook card – prevent one player from taking their turn
- The whisper card – receive a hint by getting the first part of the answer
- The dunce card – allows players to select a phrase from a different category
The instructions offer variations to either increase or decrease the difficulty of the game.
Tipayatung is a great party game sure to have everyone laughing as players struggle to recall familiar phrases that temporarily elude them. Even at the hardest level, the childhood and music phrases aren’t too difficult for anyone with a reasonable knowledge of traditional nursery rhymes, carols and popular music. As the difficult increases, the entertainment and quote questions do become increasingly obscure and therefore more difficult.
Aimed at ages 10+, this is probably better suited for players from their mid teens and onwards as players do require a reasonable amount of general knowledge of movies, songs and famous quotes to complete the game.
Say What? by Radica
Players: Up to 5
Age: 8+
Requires 4x AA (LR6) batteries
This high speed pop culture quiz game will get the adrenaline pumping as players try to unscramble a familiar television, movie, music or pop culture phrase before time runs out.
Phrases are selected randomly by the battery-powered game unit. Along the top of the unit are 5 different coloured balls. As the turn begins a scrambled phrase is read out with a light illuminating each ball sequentially to match it with part of the phrase. Players must rearrange the balls so that the phrase will read correctly.
For example:
Scrambled: a bridge (red) water (orange) like (purple) troubled (green) over (yellow)
Solution: like a bridge over troubled water (purple, red, yellow, green, orange)
Players can adjust skill level with different settings for up to five players allowed for each game.
Easy mode - two parts of each phrase in the correct position.
Medium – one part of each phrase in the correct position
Hard – all parts of the phrase scrambled.
Each game has five rounds and there are four possible game modes:
Time Mode – solve puzzle in a specific amount of time
Guess Mode – solve puzzle in less than a specified number of guesses
Extreme Time Mode – solve each puzzle in less than 10 seconds
Extreme Guess Mode – solve each puzzle in only one guess
Adjusting the difficulty and game mode for different players allows adults and children to play together with all players being challenged at an appropriate level. While younger children may be unfamiliar with many of the phrases, they can often work them out by simply placing the balls in an order that creates a sensible sentence.
Fun Party Games for Friends and Family
Both Tipayatung and Say What? are great party games. Say What? is better suited to younger players and tests co-ordination and short term memory as well as recall of phrases. Both games Tipayatung is better suited to players looking for a fun, relaxing game.
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