Board games

Word Speedrun (Alias)

Explain as many words as you can in a minute

A team game of explaining words in the Sonic universe. One player explains the words on the cards and their team guesses while the golden ring timer burns. Every word guessed is a ring for the team; once someone reaches the goal, the round is played out and the team with the most rings wins.

Teams
Words

Players: 4–16
Length: 20–45 min
Difficulty: Easy

Play on one device

How to play

Teams take turns explaining words from the world of Sonic. Every word guessed is a ring for the team. Once someone reaches the goal, the round is played to its end, and the team with the most rings wins.

The host picks the goal and the seconds per turn in the lobby: usually 30 rings and 60 seconds.

The turn

One player explains the word on the card: only they see it. The rest of their team guesses.
Guessed: a ring and the next card. Stuck: a skip costs a ring (free in easy mode).
The turn lasts while the ring timer burns. When time is up, any team may guess the last word.
After the turn everyone checks the result: what was guessed, what was skipped, who took the last word. Mistakes can be fixed; the explainer confirms.

A turn played out

The word is “Emerald”. “A green gem, there are seven of them, Knuckles guards the biggest one…” — “Emerald!” — a ring, next card.

Winning and losing

Once a team reaches the goal, the round is played to its end, so everyone has had as many turns.
The team with the most rings wins. A tie plays one more round.

Not allowed

Saying the word itself or words with the same root. Heard one? Press “Same root”: the word gets a mark in the turn's result and can be left uncounted.

Controls

“Got it” or swipe the card left, “Skip” or swipe right. On a computer, the ← and → keys.
Any player can fix the turn's result by tapping a word.
Buffs and debuffs only if the host switched them on in the lobby. What each one does is below and on the card itself.

On one device

The phone goes to the one explaining; nobody else sees the screen.
Teammates take turns explaining, in the order of the list.

Buffs and debuffsif the host switched them on in the lobby

Help

Super Ringa word for 3 rings
Spring+10 seconds
Chaos Controltime stops for 5 s
Invincibility5 s of free skips
Emeraldthe next word ×2
Shielda free skip
Laserchoose from the next two words
Checkpointthe turn's score won't drop below
“?” Monitora random buff

Hinder

Eggman's Bombnot guessed in 5 s — −5 seconds
Underwatertime runs twice as fast for up to 10 s
Lost Ringsa skip −3
Confusionthe buttons swap for 5 s

Where Sonic comes in

Teams to choose from: Team Sonic, Team Rose, Team Dark, Team Chaotix.
Words from the world of Sonic and everyday ones: characters, zones, games, items and moves, memes, lore and Sonic YouTubers from the directory. Three levels: easy, medium, hard. The cards come in English or Russian.
Thirteen buffs and debuffs inspired by the games: Super Ring, Chaos Control, Eggman's Bomb, the “?” Monitor and more. Switched on in the lobby.
When time runs out, the card is burnt, sliced, smashed by a Spin Attack, frozen or knocked out by Knuckles' punch.

Modes

Online with a codeEveryone on their own phone or computer. The host creates a room, the others join with the code or the link.
One phoneNo internet, no rooms: the phone goes around the table, and the secrets hide until their player.

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