FEATURES:
30 SECONDS IS A FAST-PACED GENERAL KNOWLEDGE GAME.
PLAYERS GENERALLY PLAY IN TEAMS OF TWO OR FOUR.
ONE PLAYER MUST GUESS A WORD FROM THEIR TEAMMATE'SEXPLANATION, MUCH LIKE CHARADES, WITH THE AIM TO GUESS AS MANY POSSIBLE ANSWERSIN 30 SECONDS.
THE MAIN RESTRICTION ON THE EXPLANATION IS THAT IT MAYNOT CONTAIN THE ACTUAL WORD OR PART OF THE WORD.
EACH TEAM MOVES A TOKEN ALONG A TRACK FORMED BY ASEQUENCE OF SQUARES.
EACH SQUARE HAS A DIFFERENT PICTURE ON IT.
EACH ROUND THE TEAM DRAWS A CARD AND THEN HAS 30 SECONDSTO EXPLAIN UP TO FIVE DIFFERENT WORDS PRINTED ON THAT CARD.
THE TEAM CAN MOVE FORWARD ONE SQUARE FOR EACH CORRECTANSWER.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO REACH THE END OF THE TRACK FIRST.
GAME PLAY:
AT THE START OF EACH ROUND, THE TEAM THROWS THE SPECIAL30 SECONDS DIE TO DETERMINE THAT ROUND'S HANDICAP
THE DIE HAS SIX SIDES AND THE VALUES CAN BE 0, 1 OR 2
ONE PLAYER DRAWS A CARD
EACH CARD HAS A YELLOW SIDE AND A BLUE SIDE
THE PLAYER MUST USE THE SIDE THAT CORRESPOND THE SQUARETHAT THEIR TOKEN IS ON
THERE ARE FIVE WORDS PRINTED ON EACH SIDE
THE OPPOSING TEAM THEN TURNS OVER THE 30-SECOND TIMER
THE TEAM'S SCORE IS DETERMINED BY TAKING THE NUMBER OFCORRECT ANSWERS AND SUBTRACTING THE HANDICAP
THE TEAM MOVES THEIR TOKEN FORWARD BY THE SAME NUMBER OFSQUARES AS THEIR SCORE FOR THE CURRENT ROUND
CLUES:
CLUES ARE GENERALLY SHORT WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ONSYNONYMS AND ASSOCIATIONS
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE ANSWER IS "GAUTENG" THECLUE MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE AS "IN WHICH PROVINCE IS JOHANNESBURG FOUND?"A POSSIBLE CLUE MIGHT BE "THE BRIDGE WHICH WAS NAMED AFTER THE FIRST BLACKPRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA", TO WHICH THE ANSWER IS "THE NELSON MANDELABRIDGE"
THE OFFICIAL RULES REGARDING CLUES ARE RESTRICTIVE ANDPROVISION IS MADE FOR PENALTIES (MOVING BACKWARDS)
IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES HOUSE RULES ARE MORE RELAXED TOINCREASE THE SPEED AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GAME.
