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10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Fun for all ages! Sep 18, 2007
By Timothy J. Drozinski
I was introduced to this game by some friends and had to get it for myself because it was so much fun. The deck of cards contains a variety of words or short phrases, such as "President," "Woman," "Shoots," "Turns In" or "Dog." Each card also has a point value associated with it. Each player is dealt five cards, which they must try to arrange to make a clever sentence in the style of a newspaper headline ("Woman Shoots President, Turns In Dog"). You can discard and draw up to three new cards. Each player makes their headline, and the best one wins the indicated number of points.
I don't know how educational this game is, but it certainly does focus on reading and making sentences, and the words are all clean (though some combinations can definitely have a double entendre effect) so it's safe for even young kids while still fun for adults-only use too. The only real drawback is the lack of any way to incorporate punctuation, especially commas, but you make up for it in the way you read your headline, providing the right emphasis to make it funny and make it make sense.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Educational and Fun! Easy to Take on Trips. Dec 07, 2008
By lawyerwhocooks
"lawyerwhocooks"
My husband, son and I have a great time playing this game. My son begs to play it! You are provided with a large deck of card containing funny nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs - and each card has a point value written on it (like Scrabble, the more difficult a word is to use, the greater the point value). The first player to score 500 points wins. Best of all, there are no silly game pieces or cheap game boards to keep up with - in fact, we just keep a pair of rubberbands around out cards to make sure we don't lose them.
Man Bites Dog is an extremely small (about the size of 2 1/2 decks of playing cards) and easy game with which to travel. We slip the cards into our luggage when we leave on vacation. All you need is a scrap of paper on which to keep score and a pen/pencil, plus the cards, and viola! Instant fun.
Beware, some of the words might be considered a little risque by some parents; but then, those are the words that make the best headlines! The headlines are intended to replicate those in a real life tabloid, only even more humorous. Please note, you may have to help younger players prepare headlines appropriate for a newspaper, since kids may be used to writing in complete sentences. You may arrange your headlines any way you see fit, so if you're in a "family setting" you have the opinion of toning down your headlines... or if you're with your drinking buddies, kick it up a notch. This game makes a nice addition to a family's games, and is easy to take on trips.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
great for all ages Nov 28, 2009
By D. SIEBERT
"alpacatex"
An easy game for anyone, even if they don't like regular card games. This is all about making a grammatically correct headline and scoring big points at the same time with an Exclusive card if you can get it (double your points in the cards played in the hand). It is good for the younger ones to learn how to make sentences and the headlines can be as funny as another person's and score more points too. The only gripe I have is the selection of words; there seem to be many duplications that show up fairly often. You would think that there could not be any duplications given the amount of words in a dictionary. I would like to see additional word card sets offered for sale to expand the selections.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great game, an absolute riot! Oct 23, 2009
By Michael Ceciliani
"Mike C"
I got this game around 2004. I brought it to my gaming group and it was an instant smash. Some of the headlines we've made have been hysterical, like "Blind widow marries 340 lb. mayor." We've also added a little bonus for each round. The headline voted the best in each round gets an extra 25 points. You can't vote for your own headline. A simple card game that's easy to learn and fun to play. I actually bought a new version of this game because the cards were starting to look worn from so much playing.
It comes in a small box that fits in any backpack. My friends and people at gaming conventions have all loved this game. I keep hoping University Games will put out a new edition of this game soon. Cheap enough, around $10, and definitely worth the money. Provides lots of laughs, a great party game.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Man, Man, Mayor May 13, 2007
By J. Conley
"cayeta"
This game would be better if it had a better variation of cards. There are too many that are like the rest. We played with 6 people, didn't reuse the cards everytime and it seemed like they were all the same and it turned boring fast. It seemed like they made too many cards made with man, lawyer, and mayor because these people were in everything!
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