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4.5
Game is fun. We had one several years ago. Quite pricey for a board game.If you are in the market for a nonconfrontational, noncompetitive game whose main purpose is to stimulate laughter and conversation, this may be what you're looking for.In essence, the game works like this: The players write on the board using nonpermanent markers the names of all the players, plus enough names of other friends, family members or celebrities to round out the total. Then each round players take turn rolling a die to see which of these persons is the subject of that round's question.The questions are of various types, but a typical one might read as follows: "Imaginiff Kate (insert the person's name here) was a cartoon character. Which one would she be? (a) Charlie Brown. (b) Linus. (c) Lucy. (d) Snoopy. (e) Schroeder." The players -- including the subject of the question -- secretly write down their answers, and the consensus majority/plurality each get a point. Thus, the aim in Imaginiff is to be "right" the most often -- but what is right? The answer which the most players agree on. Thus, the game is a good one for fostering conversation and humor; and is a fine selection for playing with people who tend to be unpleasantly hypercompetitive in other types of game.Imaginiff tends to elicit lots of laughter as people are compared or analogized to things in surprising ways. It can be especially fun when the subject of the question indignantly thinks that s/he fits one answer (usually the "good" or "safe" one), while the rest of the players outvote him/her by selecting a more generally-perceived (i.e. "funny") one.Questions occasionally get slightly racy ("Imaginiff Joe was a crime... (b) indecent exposure") and in certain crowds permit a healthy amount of innuendo, but never go so far that families should be afraid to play the game together. In this respect, it is a far cry from, say, Zobmondo, which can be a fun game but is not at all the right sort of thing for the 8-14 year olds. Imaginiff is good family fun.Unfortunately, Buffalo Games (formerly known as Flying Buffalo Games, I think) is quite a small shop and evidently unable to keep up the production volume required to meet demand on this game. If it's in stock, pick it up today or you might have to wait a long time to see it again!Game uses older references that younger teens, children may not know. Cards can be switched for more current cards Other than that it is fun for the whole familyFast shipping and a little hand written note. Really nice and extremely protected.Description was wrong. Says 2-10 players. Box says 2-8.Really fun game for family. Great for most ages.It can be played with as few as three, but really you really need between 6 and 8 people to make it the most fun. Everyone writes their name on the game board. Players take turns rolling a token and landing on one of the names. An imaginif card is drawn and all players select one of the answers that they think fits that person the best. Those choosing the most popular answer get to move forward on the game board. The imaginif questions are clean, but seeing what everyone chose can make the game hilarious.Game is really fun but box was badly damaged. I didn’t really care since i bought it for myself but it could never have been used as a gift. It looked used.
