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Word Slam Family

#245389BGG ↗

2018 · 3-99 players · 45min · weight 1.33 · 288 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
245389
Name
Word Slam Family
Year
2018
Rank
7282
Min players
3
Max players
99
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
1.3333
Num weights
6
Bayes avg
5.65703
Average
6.99615
Users rated
288
Num owned
936
Wanting
12
Wishing
102
Num comments
71
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Categories (2)
Party GameWord Game
Description (1412 chars)

"EAT, YELLOW, CIRCLE — do you mean pancakes? Or pineapple rings? Oh wait, the CIRCLE is DIVIDED? So something that you eat that is yellow and semicircular? Uh, is it, maybe…a banana?" "Yes, the answer is banana! One point for the Blue Team!" In the communication game Word Slam, two teams compete against one another simultaneously. In each round, one player on each team tries to get their teammates to guess a hidden word or phrase using only the 105 explanatory cards available in the box. Speaking and acting is forbidden! They must tell their stories using only 105 cards, each with one word on it: a noun, verb, adjective, or preposition. A player can use as many explanatory cards as desired, and whichever team guesses correctly first scores a point. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins! Word Slam Family features the same gameplay as the original Word Slam in a compact format. This version includes 100 story word cards and 100 answer cards with a total of 600 answer terms. The answer cards are divided into seven categories, unlike in the original game. In this version, you use the timer on your phone instead of a sand timer. Instead of using card holders, the two box halves are used as screens between the teams, and the answer cards are played behind the screens. Word Slam Family can be played as both an expansion to the base game and a standalone game.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.