In the time allotted, each player must attempt to think of and write down, in the first column on the pad, a word or term that fits each of the 12 categories and starts with the rolled letter. The timer is set for up to three minutes. One player rolls a 20-sided letter die to determine the first letter used.All players must agree on the list to use. In new versions of the game, each card has 2 lists of 12 unique categories, for a total of 16 lists and 192 categories. In addition, the category cards have 4 lists, each with 12 unique categories, for a total of 144 categories in the game.

Each sheet in the answering pad has three columns of 12 blank lines. Each player takes a folder with an answering pad and 3 category cards.The game is based on a traditional game called ' Categories'. The objective of the 2-to-6-player game is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit. Parker Brothers was purchased by Hasbro a few years later, which published the game internationally under its Milton Bradley brand. Scattergories is a creative-thinking category-based party game originally published by Parker Brothers in 1988. JSTOR ( September 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).

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