Guess Who?
March 26th 2009 22:00
Saving face
We will not be talking about the Canadian rock band and we sure as hell won’t be talking about the 2005 movie starring Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher – today we are talking the classic 80s board game.
It goes without saying that I was an absolute Guess Who? grand master. I’m talking Mr Myiagi on the Guess Who? circuit good. My probing and CIA-like questioning was second to none. I remember constantly giving people hints so I wouldn’t have to embarrass them when they only had one of my faces knocked down at the end. Hell, I was almost as good at Guess Who? as I was at UNO and Connect 4. It also goes without saying that it will be the one important thing that I pass onto my children – extreme Guess Who? prowess.
One of the traps of the game was the sheer lack of female faces. If you picked out a girl, your chances were thoroughly diminished in one simple question. I believe they may have ‘equaled’ it up a bit in recent years though.
I still get in a game with my nephews every now and then...they're still as pathetic as the competition I had 20 years ago.
“Game cards do not actually talk.”
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Pop Rock Factory
But have to admit to spending endless hours working out whether Col. Mustard, Miss Scarlet or Professor Plum was the murder in Cluedo.
Just don't get me started on games like Mousetrap or Kurr-plunk!