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Literati Challenge Game

May 30, 2009 by Carrie

Our game of the day is Literati Challenge, by Discovery Bay Games. I’m generally not a fan of word games — Boggle, Balderdash and the like are a good way to ruin my evening!

But, Literati Challenge piqued my interest (for, among other things, the opportunity to demonstrate proper usage of words like “piqued”.) In this game, all the players in a round are assigned a series of
words which they must use in writing a few-sentence-long story. The words are described as “SAT-level”, which I’d say is pretty accurate. They’re certainly not impossibly difficult, but it helps to play with teenagers or adults on a similar level of language skills.

The players are given less than a minute to write their stories, so it’s a big advantage to be able to write quickly. As the five words are revealed, you have to think fast to include as many of them as
possible, scoring points for each word you apply correctly. (And bonuses if you use them all!)

Of course, the caveat is that if you mis-use words in the wrong context, other players can challenge you and you have to defend your knowledge of the word against its proper definition. Last-minute
attempts to use extra-hard words caused much hilarity!

As one who loves to read (as I do) and enjoys a healthy vocabulary, this game was lots of fun. We played it as a family game with a variety of skill levels (ages 13 to fifty-something), and discovered that it takes a lot of creativity — and, at times, bluffing skills — to come out ahead. I’m not a big fan of games as a general rule but games that involve story-telling get a big thumbs up from me!

Carrie comes by her book obsession honestly, having descended from a long line of bibliophiles. She blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know.

We have one copy of Literati Challenge to give away (U.S. addresses only). Leave a comment on this post if you’d like to be eligible to win.

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Comments

  1. Becky says

    June 10, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Looks like something my family would enjoy as we are always trying to stump each other with words.

  2. Cassandra says

    June 10, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Looks fun and challenging–thanks!

  3. Tammy says

    June 10, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    I’d love to be able to win this – I think it would be a great fun addition to our language arts program in our homeschool!

  4. Jennifer M says

    June 10, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    This sounds like my ideal game–please enter me!

  5. Lori Walker says

    June 10, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    this game sounds like so much fun, please enter me

  6. Gianna says

    June 10, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    Please enter me 🙂

  7. Lily Kwan says

    June 10, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!

  8. Sandy M says

    June 10, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    We love word games, so this is great!

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