- BGG rank
- BGG #22,569
- BGG rating
- 6.4
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- 4–15 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2012
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Expansion for You've Been Sentenced!
You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L)
2008
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- 3–10 players
- 45 min
- 8+
- Complexity 1.0/5
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You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) is an expansion for You've Been Sentenced! released in 2008 for 3–10 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Paul Edward Cooper and Donald McNeill and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Pattern Building, and Voting.
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About the game
Reader's Digest Add-On Deck McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds Add-On Decks are 80 card expansions to You’ve been Sentenced! The Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge adds 400 of their favorite vocabulary enhancing words from their magazine’s feature, Word Power page (formerly, It Pays to Improve Your Word Power). Get your word on with the You've Been Sentenced Brain Buster Deck that will challenge even the most proficient linguists! This sentence-building game uses unique five-sided cards with multiple conjugations of a base word. With a hand of 10 cards, players try to score the most points per round by constructing the longest, grammatically correct, and sensible sentence. Each card used in a sentence is worth 5 points, but using some of the more difficult conjugations on the card can earn you bonus points. Any player can object to another players sentence, on either grammatical grounds, or the fact that the sentence just doesn’t make sense. The defending player and the objecting player get to argue their points to the rest of the players, who form a jury. The jury gets to vote on whether or not the sentence is acceptable. Half the fun is trying to defend, explain, and justify a completely ridiculous sentence to the other players. Accepted sentences score points, rejected sentences get you zip. First player to reach 200 points wins.
Designers
Publishers
- McNeill Designs
- Reader's Digest
Questions and answers
You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) supports 3–10 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) is 45 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) has a complexity rating of 1.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) belongs to these categories: Card Game, Word Game, and Party Game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Pattern Building, and Voting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) are: Paul Edward Cooper and Donald McNeill. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists You've Been Sentenced! Add-On Deck: Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge (A-L) as an expansion for You've Been Sentenced!. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need You've Been Sentenced! to use it. Check that your edition of You've Been Sentenced! is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.