30 SECONDS

BOARD GAME

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'S EXPLANATION, MUCH LIKE CHARADES, WITH THE AIM TO GUESS AS MANY POSSIBLE ANSWERS IN 30 SECONDS.
• THE MAIN RESTRICTION ON THE EXPLANATION IS THAT IT MAY NOT CONTAIN THE ACTUAL WORD OR PART OF THE WORD.
• EACH TEAM MOVES A TOKEN ALONG A TRACK FORMED BY A SEQUENCE OF SQUARES.
• EACH SQUARE HAS A DIFFERENT PICTURE ON IT.
• EACH ROUND THE TEAM DRAWS A CARD AND THEN HAS 30 SECONDS TO EXPLAIN UP TO FIVE DIFFERENT WORDS PRINTED ON THAT CARD.
• THE TEAM CAN MOVE FORWARD ONE SQUARE FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER.
• THE OBJECTIVE IS TO REACH THE END OF THE TRACK FIRST.
• GAME PLAY:
  • AT THE START OF EACH ROUND, THE TEAM THROWS THE SPECIAL 30 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 SQUARE THAT 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 OF CORRECT ANSWERS AND SUBTRACTING THE HANDICAP
  • THE TEAM MOVES THEIR TOKEN FORWARD BY THE SAME NUMBER OF SQUARES AS THEIR SCORE FOR THE CURRENT ROUND
• CLUES:
  • CLUES ARE GENERALLY SHORT WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON SYNONYMS AND ASSOCIATIONS
  • FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE ANSWER IS "GAUTENG" THE CLUE MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE AS "IN WHICH PROVINCE IS JOHANNESBURG FOUND?" A POSSIBLE CLUE MIGHT BE "THE BRIDGE WHICH WAS NAMED AFTER THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA", TO WHICH THE ANSWER IS "THE NELSON MANDELA BRIDGE"
  • THE OFFICIAL RULES REGARDING CLUES ARE RESTRICTIVE AND PROVISION IS MADE FOR PENALTIES (MOVING BACKWARDS)
  • IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES HOUSE RULES ARE MORE RELAXED TO INCREASE THE SPEED AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GAME.

IMAGES ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY, ACTUAL PRODUCT MAY VARY SLIGHTLY IN COLOUR AND APPEARANCE.