In the case of a tie, a sudden-death round can be played to determine the winner. They can also earn two bonus points if they manage to come up with an alliterative answer (where all the words in the answer start with the selected letter).Įnd of the Game: After three rounds, the player with the most points is declared the winner. At the end of each round, players tally up their points.īonus Points: Players can earn bonus points in each round by being the only player to come up with a correct answer in a particular category. For example, if the category is “Famous Scientists” and the letter is “B”, if multiple players wrote “Bill Nye”, none of them get points for that answer. If multiple players have the same answer, none of them get points for that answer. Players score one point for each answer that is unique and fits the category. Scoring: After each round, players compare their answers with each other. Players then have 60 seconds to come up with words or phrases that fit the 12 categories on the list, with each answer starting with the selected letter. In each round, a letter of the alphabet is randomly selected using a 20-sided die or a letter generator. Game Play: The game is played over three rounds. Set Up: Each player gets a Scattergories answer sheet and a category list, which contains 12 categories and a letter of the alphabet.
Object of the Game: The goal of the game is to score the most points by coming up with unique answers for each category within 60 seconds.