Henchmen Publishing
May 2000

The perfect game is here. The mechanics are so subtle and easy to grasp that ANYONE can play no matter how young they are or how much beer they’ve consumed. This is a game of comparisons. Each round, one player draws a card with a thing or category on it ("scary", "temperamental"’ "handsome"’ "normal"’ etc.) and players try to play a card from their hand that they think compares to the category in some fashion. For example, I won a round by playing a "Bill Clinton" card when the category was "delicious". As you can see, the person who judges each round picks a winner for ANY reason, so it pays to pander. Our only complaint about this wonderful game was the cards had sharp corners rather than rounded ones, but we figure that we’ll probably wear them down nicely in about the course of a week. Look for "booster" packs of cards to expand this game soon!

Who’ll want it: the current population of the planet earth, give or take a few people.

Who’ll hate it: everyone else.

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