Encore Game 2008

by Endless Games

Product Features

• How many songs can your team remember?
• Can you sing a song with the word "Love" in it?
• Can you sing a song with the word "Heart" in it?
• Encore asks you to recall the most songs that contain the word we stick you with
• With deluxe board!

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 8.4 x 10.4 inches ; 14.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JKL7
• Item model number: 300
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,938 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Clear your throat and drink that honey-lemon tea: It's time to play Encore, the game of dueling larynxes. The goal is to come up with a song that contains particular words--and then sing lines from the song that contains those words. Here's how it works: The first team turns up a card featuring five words; the two teams then take turns singing at least six words of any song that contains one of those five. The round continues until one team is stumped, which, if the word is "love," could take a while. But repetition is not allowed, and for every "said" and "moon," there's a "highway" or "piano"--whaddya do when you've exhausted the Billy Joel songbook? And it's great to draw a lyric that's in a song title, but if you don't know five others that come after, you'll be like the player who drew "nice"; he spent the entire run of the sand timer with his shoulders hunched like Sinatra because he couldn't connect "and let's make all the stops along the way" with the song's title, "Nice 'N' Easy." Oh, and don't play Encore with Renaissance Faire actors--when they draw the word "lady," they'll come up with an inexhaustible supply of 15th-century madrigals. Only after they've won will you discover that they were all bogus. --Tony Mason

Product Description

Quick, think of a song with the word "love" in it, and sing at least six words of the song. Hurry, though -- the timer's running. You don't have to be able to carry a tune to play this game, but you do have to know a lot of songs and have a good memory. Encore is a great party game for all ages. Includes 96 cards with six clues each, game board, timer, die, three pawns and instructions. For two or more players or teams.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wildly fun party game!, November 27, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Encore Game 2008 (Toy)

I've had this game for years and can't wait until I can buy copies for friends. The rules are very simple -- a team rolls the die and chooses a card. The card will have a word, such as "blue." Someone on that team would have to sing part of a song that has the word blue in it (e.g., don't you step on my blue suede shoes).. Then the next team would have to sing part of another song with the word blue in it (I'll have a blue Christmas without you...), and so on, until a team can't think of another song with blue in it. Then a new word gets chosen. It's great for kids and adults, an excellent mixer to liven up a party.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great game, depending who you play with, June 28, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Encore Game 2008 (Toy)

The premis for this game is intruiging and fun -- to be able to come up with a song that has lyrics that use words identified by the game.

The reason I gave the game 4 stars, however, is that I had an awful experience the first time I played the game. Here's the scoop...the group I played with included my father-in-law (a country music singer) and young brother-in-law (a rap fan). They repeatedly claimed and sang songs and tunes I had never heard of. I'm not saying that any cheating went on, but I was so far out of the loop about the songs they were choosing that there was no way to tell who was winning and who was losing. Well, OK, I was losing.

This can be a fun game if played with your musical peers. It can be a major disaster otherwise.

I hope this insight helps someone out there.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Encore Really Sings!!, September 6, 2001

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Encore Game 2008 (Toy)

This great fun-for-all-ages game is not only exciting--it really makes you think! One's mind has to be sharp to remember lyrics to songs in just a few seconds. Music appreciation increases with all players too.

I encourage music lovers to try this game with family and friends. Try it, and you'll see how exciting and challenging this game is--especially in the challenge round!