Last Word

Subject: Language Arts
Category: Vocabulary
Ages: 8 and up
# of players: 2 to 8
Time to play: 30 minutes
Mechanics/Game Type: Word Based

Ratings (1 to 5)

Educational Value: 4
Gaming value: 3
Aesthetic value: 3
Price value: 2
Ease of play: 3

My comments:
This is one of those speed word games similar to Discovery Toys' Whiz Kids with a small twist. Players are given a letter and subject and have to think of the first word that fits the category starting with the given letter and continue to come up with as many words as they can before the timer goes off. Those who come up with the last word advance around the gameboard. The fun and exciting part of this game is the timer. It goes off randomly so nobody ever knows when it will alarm.

While our family did consider this a fun and challenging game, it got old after a few plays and we had to put it away for a couple months before wanting to play again.

BoardGameGeek.com link to this game:
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/17709