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==Overview== | |||
Just One is a cooperative word association game. The active player tries to guess the mystery word with the help of '''unique one-word clues''' given by the other players. Any duplicated clues will be removed. | |||
Examples: 007 is allowed to help someone guess | Note: Names (proper nouns), numbers, acronyms, onomatopoeia, and special characters are all considered to be words. | ||
Examples: 007 is allowed to help someone guess Bond, Riiiiing or SMS are allowed to help someone guess Telephone, and $ is allowed to help someone guess America. | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
1 | 1) A mystery word is presented. | ||
2 | 2) Each player writes one '''single-word''' clue on their board. | ||
3 | 3) One player reviews the clues. Any identical or invalid clues are removed. | ||
Identical clues | ===Identical clues=== | ||
• | • Identical words | ||
Example: Mouse and Mouse are identical | |||
• Variants from the same word family | • Variants from the same word family | ||
Example: Prince and Princess are considered to be identical | |||
• | • Plurals, gender differentiations, and spelling mistakes don’t count as actual differences | ||
Example: Prince and Princes, Actor and Actress, Philosophy and Filosofie are identical | |||
Invalid clues | ===Invalid clues=== | ||
• The mystery word written differently | • The mystery word written differently | ||
Example: Shirt → Shurt | |||
• The mystery word | • The mystery word translated in another language | ||
Example: Shrub → Buisson | |||
• An invented word | • An invented word | ||
Example: Cake → Swee’ting | |||
• | • Homophones (a word phonetically identical to the mystery word with a different meaning) | ||
Example: Weather → Whether | |||
Note: If all clues are identical or invalid and have been removed, the turn is over. | Note: If all clues are identical or invalid and have been removed, the turn is over. | ||
4 | 4) The active player guesses the mystery word. | ||
==End of Game== | ==End of Game== | ||
The game ends after 13 rounds. Guessing all 13 mystery words correctly is a perfect score. | The game ends after 13 rounds. Guessing all 13 mystery words correctly is a perfect score. | ||
Revision as of 19:35, 23 July 2022
Overview
Just One is a cooperative word association game. The active player tries to guess the mystery word with the help of unique one-word clues given by the other players. Any duplicated clues will be removed.
Note: Names (proper nouns), numbers, acronyms, onomatopoeia, and special characters are all considered to be words.
Examples: 007 is allowed to help someone guess Bond, Riiiiing or SMS are allowed to help someone guess Telephone, and $ is allowed to help someone guess America.
Gameplay
1) A mystery word is presented.
2) Each player writes one single-word clue on their board.
3) One player reviews the clues. Any identical or invalid clues are removed.
Identical clues
• Identical words
Example: Mouse and Mouse are identical
• Variants from the same word family
Example: Prince and Princess are considered to be identical
• Plurals, gender differentiations, and spelling mistakes don’t count as actual differences
Example: Prince and Princes, Actor and Actress, Philosophy and Filosofie are identical
Invalid clues
• The mystery word written differently
Example: Shirt → Shurt
• The mystery word translated in another language
Example: Shrub → Buisson
• An invented word
Example: Cake → Swee’ting
• Homophones (a word phonetically identical to the mystery word with a different meaning)
Example: Weather → Whether
Note: If all clues are identical or invalid and have been removed, the turn is over.
4) The active player guesses the mystery word.
End of Game
The game ends after 13 rounds. Guessing all 13 mystery words correctly is a perfect score.