About 42 seconds
42 seconds is a game which you play in 2 teams of 2 players. This game is known worldwide as 'Alias', 'Who is it?', 'The word game' and is similar to 'Twenty Questions'. This game is played in real life, so get out there and play some games with your friends!
The goal of the game is to guess as many words correctly in, you guessed it right, 42 seconds. Why 42 seconds? Because it is the answer to life, the universe and everything ofcourse!
This is how you play 42 seconds:
1. Get 2 teams of each 2 players. Both teams will need one smartphone as their playing device.
2. Let one team create a game and pass the game code to the other team so they can join the game.
3. Shake your phone to roll the dice! The dice determines your handicap. The lower your handicap, the more points you can score.
4. Player one has to define to player two the words depicted on the screen. Player two has to guess the words. Switch turns every round!
5. The other team confirms whether the score was correct.
6. The score of the team is the number of correctly guessed words minus handicap. If the score is less than 0, the score is 0.
7. The next round begins unless you've played all rounds!
The team which achieved the most points after playing all rounds wins!
The rules:
What you may do:
- Describe or depict the word
- You have to exactly guess the word(s)
What you may not do:
- Say the words on the card
- Say words derived from the answer on the card
- "Sounds like" or "rhymes with" tactics
- Refer to a letter or letters in the alphabet
- Point at an object
Download and install
42 seconds version 2.0.0 on your
Android device!
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Android package:
com.startupweekend.ruben.fortytwoseconds, download 42 seconds.apk