Game Review: Scattegories & FITS



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I was introduced to Scattegories back in middle or high school.  What a fun game, that always leads to small arguments. 

The game has supplies for 6 people.  Everyone gets a folder which has an answer pad and the category cards for the rounds.  One player rolls the 20 sided die and starts the timer. The goal is to come up with a word that starts with the letter for each of the 12 categories for that round in 3 minutes or less.   At the end of the three minutes, you compare your answers if someone else has it, you must cross it off. If it is original you get a point.

My family plays that you can get two points for an answer that uses that same letter twice like "Peter Pan".  Even though we have been playing this game together, my sisters & I, we still argue over what does / does not count. I am generally on the No side of their responses.  Can't use an adjective before like "Blue glitter".

I have the older version of the game, but apparently the categories have been updated, which is always nice. But many times you play this game, it changes based on the letter rolled or who you play with.




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 Ravensburger FITS is a strange name for a game, I now just call it FITS.  I found this game in December and needed to buy it.  I loved, loved, loved tetris.  And this game is similar but you can play with up to four people.  Everyone gets the four levels of boards, and incline and the puzzle pieces (which are the same for everyone).  You start out by picking your starting card, and from there, everyone has to place the same piece on the board to leave the least amount of spaces (or in later rounds keep certain spaces open).  Unlike tetris, where you can slide a piece into an opening...you can not do that in this game, which makes it a tad bit more challenging.

It is fun to see how everyone arranges their board.