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My wife, our adult children and I play get together and play games regularly. So, I was thrilled when I was given a chance to review three games from Lucky Egg. Each party game (Misheard Music, Sorry, What?! and Grab the Mic) are fun and uniquely different.

Misheard Music

Playing a game of Misheard Music is sort of like playing Wordle as a group. That might sound negative, but it’s not. But this game is all word puzzles. You are given either a song title or an artist name to figure out. The cards have the titles and names written out with words that sound similar to the actual words you’re trying to guess. A sample card says, “bedroom ants”. The answer? “Bad Romance”. And the answer for “bright knees pairs” is Britney Spears

How to Play:

During your turn, you have 30 seconds to figure out as many song titles or artist names as possible. To figure these out, you simply repeat the phrase over and over again until it comes to you.

For each round, one team will be the players, and the other team will serve as judges. The judges hold up a card for the players to guess. If the players get stuck, a judge can offer up a clue (that is written on the card) to help. If the players guess the answer correctly, they score a point. After both teams have played three rounds, add up the scores to see who wins.

Misheard Music is probably best played with a smaller group. But you can play with as many people as you want as long as everyone can read the card. Alternatively, you could have one team member go up against another for each round.

Bottom Line:

This is one of those games that is actually fun with just two people. My wife and I really enjoyed challenging each other with it. In fact, each card is like a puzzle that you can solve on your own. Misheard Music just might be the first “party” game that you can play by yourself.

On the plus side, I like the fact that even if I have never heard of a particular song, I still have a fair chance of guessing the answer anyway. But it was a lot harder figuring out the singers’ names.

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Sorry What?!

There are two versions of Sorry What?! – a family-friendly version and an “adults only” version. While Lucky Egg sent me the latter, I wished that they had sent me the first one. It’s a bit much. The box says, “Warning: This game is not for the faint-hearted or easily offended – sorry Karen, you’re going to have to sit this one out.”

We had to sort through the cards a bit to find “tame” cards to feel comfortable playing. Once we did, we enjoyed it.

How to Play:

For each round, you’ll have a “lip reader” and a “card reader”. The card reader turns over the top card from two different decks. Deck 1 contains descriptive words and Deck 2 contain subject words. So, for instance, if you were the card reader you might draw the words “Ticklish” and “Clown”.

When ready to play, the lip reader presses the bottom on the side of the headphones and a cheery song will play in their ears. The card reader then begins to say the words over and over again until the lip reader guesses the words correctly. The card reader can’t talk out loud or give gestures to help the lip reader, but they can nod or shake their head to show that the lip reader is on the right track. The lip reader should guess words rapid fire in hopes of deciphering the correct phrase.

Bottom Line:

I don’t think that my family is a group of Karens, but none of us felt comfortable trying to get our loved ones to say the name of body parts or kinky words. (We won’t be playing with Grandma any time soon.) Fortunately, there are plenty of other “safe” words in the decks to use too.

Sorry, What was the most difficult of the three games sent to me. Although hilarious to watch, I found the game very difficult to play. Chances are, your group may only want to play the game once due to its difficulty.

There is one flaw with this game. It comes with a tiny SD card. Blink and you’ll lose it. Without it, you can’t play.

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Grab the Mic

The point of Grab the Mic is to earn the most Mic Tokens. You do that by grabbing that mic first and singing (correctly) a song’s lyrics that contain the prompt word.

Grab the Mic boasts that it is “the karaoke party game for people you CAN’T sing.

How to Play:

One person will turn over the top card revealing the new prompt word. For demonstration purposes, let’s say that the word is “Dance”. You grab the mic and sing the lyrics to “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” or “Dancing Queen” or even the song “Dance, Dance, Dance”. If you’re first, you get a token and the first round is over. If you blurt out the lyrics without grabbing the mic, it doesn’t count and someone else can try. If your group deems that a lyric that you sang is incorrect, you are handed the dreaded Mute Token and you have to sit out the next round. Play continues until one player earns 5 Mic Tokens.

There are different types of “modes” you can use to mix up the game a bit. The game was designed to be played by 4-8 players, but you can play with as many people as you want as long as everyone can reach the mic. It usually takes less than ten minutes to play each game, so this is great game to play for larger groups where people can be a spectator for one game and jump in to play in the next.

Bottom Line:

Of the three games that we’ve played, we all thought that Grab the Mic would be the hardest to play and the one that we would end up liking the least. As it turns out, it was just the opposite. It’s quick. It’s easy. It’s fun. And really, anybody who can read can play. We were all concerned about singing out loud, but after a few rounds, it really wasn’t a big deal. And if you need to, you can play the game by just reciting the lyrics, but where is fun in that?

Final Thoughts

I really like Lucky Egg games. They are not complicated to play, and you can tailor your own gameplay to suit your group without ruining the fun. The games come in study, colorful boxes with simple instructions. Unlike trivia games, you can play these games over and over. Each time it will be a fun challenge for you.

Lucky Egg games are much better than a marathon game of Monopoly. A lot more fun too.