Review: Electronic CatchPhrase: Music Edition

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Number of Players: 
4+
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We've had this game for a few weeks now and were anxious to review it, but figured what better time to review it than when we were together with family for Thanksgiving. While the kids were running around, the parents and grandparents sat down to play.

The box says the game is for 4 or more adult players. There's nothing offensive or innappropriate for younger children. It just might be difficult for them to give clues and definitely hard to guess the answers. Players need to split into 2 teams. Each team takes turns giving clues to their teammates, trying to get them to guess the song title on the screen.

You first need to select either the "Classic" or "Singing" game. Then choose a category. Your choices are: 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, Classic Rock, Hip Hop/R&B, Country, Oldies, and Pop Mix, which contains songs from all the other categories.

The first person presses start; the timer will start ticking and a song title and artist will appear on the screen. That player needs to get their teammates to guess the song title. You can makes gestures, sing, hum, whistle, or recite song lyrics, give clues for words in the song title, and give clues for the artist if you think it will help your team guess the song. You cannot say any part of a word on the screen, say a word that rhymes with any word on the screen, or give the first letter of a word on the screen.

As soon as your team guesses the song title, you pass the game to the person on your left. That person presses "next" to reveal the next song. Play continues this way until the buzzer sounds. The team not holding the game at the time has a chance to steal. If they can, they earn 1 point. Also, the team that is not holding the game when the buzzer goes off earns 1 point. Press your team's button (A or B) once for each point earned.

In the Classic game, the team not holding the game when the buzzer goes off scores 1 point. In the Singing game, the team not holding the game when the buzzer goes off scores 1 point, also. Then, for each team, score 1 bonus point for every time a player sang part of the song only if the song title was guessed. You keep playing until a team reaches 7 points (in the Classic game) or 15 points (in the Singing game).

While the volume is not adjustable, it was not a problem for us and actually was just right. However, it might be nice to have an adjustable volume for certain situations, like a party with loud music playing in the background. Also, when we were playing the Pop Mix category, it seemed to repeat songs fairly often. You can just push the "next" button to go to a different song, but we were surprised by how soon repeats appeared. We didn't have that happen in the other categories that we played, however. The game was still very fun. I think the adults were louder than the kids who were running around. :-) I can't wait until we have a chance to play it again.

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