Review: On a Scale of One to T-Rex – Don’t Lose Your Voice
14.12.2023 - 19:39
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If Cards Against Humanity is a little too dark for you and your kids aren’t old enough to play Charades, On a Scale of One to T-Rex is the game for you. Created by Exploding Kittens, it is enjoyable and easy to learn how to play. But don’t be surprised if you lose your voice along the way.
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There are 60 action cards split into three colours: red, blue, and yellow. Similarly, there are 79 number cards, all of which have different colours corresponding to the action colours. Lastly, there are two types of tokens: 40 good tokens (green) and 18 bad tokens (red).
The box is made of quality materials, and an inset piece helps keep all the cards and tokens together neatly.
The rules of the On a Scale to T-Rex are surprisingly simple. After separating the action cards into their three colours, draw one each. Then, of the 79 number cards, each player must draw one and keep it hidden from the rest.
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The colour of each number card tells players which action they need to act out, obviously with the corresponding colour. The number tells you how enthusiastically you should act out the action on a scale of one to ten. And everyone does this all at once. So you get a cacophony of people acting at once, for example, being a crab, crying like an upset baby, pretending to be a rooster, and so on.
The room will quickly fill with shouting. The game aims to look at the people around you and gauge if they are performing on the same scale as you. The card’s colour is unimportant; the number is where it’s at. Once you think you have found someone acting on the same level as you, you can ask them to trade cards with you; they can choose to accept or reject your offer for trade. Once you have agreed to trade cards, you can flip over the cards. If your numbers are the exact same, you win two good tokens. If your number is one-off, you win one good token. You get a bad token if your number isn’t similar or is two off.
Good tokens count as points, while bad tokens are negatives or penalties. Once you have run out of tokens, it is time to figure out who has the most points, and whoever has the most is a winner.
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The game is a ball to play at parties and can be played with up to eight players, ages 7+. This would be an excellent game for families to play with their kids if they try to get all their energy out. It would be a fantastic icebreaker, but it’s not a game you can play with the same people repeatedly.
One a Scale of One to T-Rex is a card game that is great for bringing quiet people out of their shell, and for losing your voice.