Facade Games Trophies Card Game - Quick and Simple Word Party Game for 2-30 Players

This is my new favorite game, and I'm very picky about my board games. I like it because it requires skill in the form of logic, it fosters and rewards creativity, it can result in lots of laughter, people connect while playing it, and it is fast-paced enough to hold everyone's attention. It is also very easy to learn. Here is a detailed comparison of this game to two other games with similar elements: - Apples to Apples. Many people like Apples to Apples, but I find that it is too slow paced, your creativity is limited to the cards in your hand, and there is far too much subjectivity (for instance, some people are just looking for the most bizarre answer and some people are looking for the most serious answer). In contrast, Trophies is fast-paced, your creativity is endless because you are coming up with all the answers off the top of your head, and the subjectivity is within reason (sometimes people will choose an answer that barely meets the criteria because it was hilarious, but generally people respond similarly to answers). - Balderdash. This has been my family's favorite game for a long time because it requires huge amounts of creativity, results in many inside jokes, and has just enough competition to be fun without people feeling hurt about losing. Think of Trophies like a faster-paced version of Balderdash. Lots of laughter, new inside jokes, and just enough competition. Overall, I'd highly recommend this game.

Fun simple game; good for parties; better with 5 to 6 players. We play this game at home with our kids and always have a good laugh. But that means only playing with 4 players and this is the type of game that is better when played with a larger group.

This game is SO fun. Pulled it out for the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday and it went all enjoyed it. We played with 5+ players.

Super fun! Easy for kids and adults to play. Easy to understand.

This game is the absolutely perfect party game. It takes 20 seconds to explain. There's no setup, no fuss (no paper or pencils or timers or score sheets). You can play with a large group. It's like Scattegories but more interactive and more fast paced. Everyone has to shout out a word starting with the letter that matches the topic read out loud. It's simple but so fun and got lots of laughs from a group of 8 after Christmas dinner. It also has a smart way of reading the topics from a different card than the one with the letter on it so it'll be different every time you play. Get this game!

This game is not housed in an altoids/mint tin, even though everything about the presentation implies that it is, including there being no outside items in the promotional material for frame of reference, and components being referred to as "teeny-tiny". It's actually very, very large for a tin, only slightly smaller than an airport paperback. I feel mislead. Apart from that, this is probably the greatest never-fail party game I've ever played! I'm a board game fanatic - I own literally hundreds of games, filling multiple shelves. But, in catering to nerds like me, games will often miss the mark with normal folks. I have a lot of amazing games that are marketed toward families, but if I ever actually tried to play them with a family, they'd get bored and confused. This is not one of them. This is something immediately understandable and enjoyable by all. It basically takes existing folkgame concepts that everyone's probably messed around with before - "let's all name things in this category, let's all name things starting with a specific letter," etc. - and puts them together into the definitive boxed experience. I can't think of a better way for these game concepts to be physically expressed. The deck working as both a combination randomizer for the 3-30 player game, and a "flipbook" of combinations for the 2 player game, is so simple, yet so inspired. Other designs try something like this, but are a little too complicated for newbies to gaming, like Anomia, a game that requires lots of symbol matching. This game nails it. It's also playable while standing, come to think of it. That's crazy. The energy this game gives off when it actually hits the table is even better. Nobody feels too introverted to give the game a stab, because it just kinda happens around you and you can pop in and out as you please, and the fact that the cards are called "trophies" instantly makes people much more excited to win them. Happy screaming will ensue. The fact that the judge has final say is also a great touch, because it adds a personal element to the gameplay, and it lets people want to get to be the judge next, which invests them in winning. People love power. As for what hobbyist board gamers like myself think of it? It's not really as good as Anomia, or a couple of the other choices for hobbyist word games, but the tradeoff that lets you play it with everyone, even grumpy grandpas, is worth it. And it will still provide you most of the satisfaction of playing Anomia. Also, it plays 2 people well, which is rare in this subgenre. Facade Games are really good at this sort of thing - very playable with non-gamers, and still extremely fun. This is yet another victory for them, probably their best yet. 10/10.

This game is advertised as a Thursday game - quick, easy and fun, as opposed to a bigger weekender game. It does however fit well as an icebreaker before the big games are spread out. It's sorta kinda like Scattergories, but not really. It's sorta like the car travel game where you spy a letter and name something that starts with it. It's sorta... well, you get the idea. And it's called "Trophies" because the storage tin includes a very small, but highly ornate (well, maybe not THAT ornate!), gold trophy that, at the conclusion of the game, the winner gets to hoist. Oh, there is included a sort of "also ran" card for whomever comes in dead last... We played with a group of 40somethings and a 14 year old - everyone held their own - well, except for the "also ran"... Great item to add to your game closet, bin or room!

I really love this game. Played it on the first day of school with my seniors in high school. Low stakes, except for being able to hoist the tiny trophy. Kids enjoyed it; I enjoyed it. Perfect.

Arrived quickly. Love the game

Works for all ages. Fun, quick portable game (in a robust tin). Essential for any game collection.