WORD SLAM
Play. Word. Clue. Fun. Fast. Laugh. Laugh. Laugh.
Kosmos | £32.50 | Party | 3+ players | 45 minutes | Age: 12+ | thamesandkosmos.co.uk
BOX CONTENTS
◗ 200 answer cards
◗ 210 story word cards
◗ Four card holders
◗ Die
◗ Hourglass
◗ Rulebook
At first, Word Slam looks like an attempt to cash in on the popularity of Codenames with a mass-market spin on the one-word clue-giving format. Quickly after you begin to play, though, it becomes clear that Word Slam is an excellent wordbased party game in its own right.
The idea is for one player on each team to provide single-word clues and guide their companions to an answer. There’s only one solution shared by both teams, determined by rolling a die to randomly select one of six answers – the difficulty can be adjusted from beginner to the tough expert-level cards. These can be simply objects or actions – banana, babysitter – or more complex concepts and pop culture references, such as Pirates of the Caribbean or the offside rule.