FRIDAY
Teams of Enemies – Jay Friedlander, Madeo (4:30)
This game features five different games in one. Can you help your team put five states in order from east to west? Can you remember the name of Humphrey Bogart’s character in The Maltese Falcon?
What Were You Thinking – Jay Friedlander, Madeo (5:45)
challenges you to deduce the most common answer at the table, not to remember obscure facts. During each round, players secretly write down their answers to a given question. The best answer won’t necessarily be the one you would find in an encyclopedia. Instead, it’s whatever most players say is right!
Cranium – Jay Friedlander, Madeo (7:00)
Be a star performer, word worm, creative cat, or data head in this always enjoyable team party game.
Name That Tune – Alan Stillson, Galletti Gallery (8:00)
This long-standing RG tradition will be played once more. How quickly can you associate a few notes with the title of a song you haven’t heard in xxx years?
Big Bang Theory Trivia – Ed You, Madeo (9:00)
Use your knowledge of trivia from the TV series to earn character cards for each of the five original characters. Or steal someone else’s cards in a head on challenge of Rock/Paper/Scizzors/Lizard/Spock. It’s that simple — and you don’t have to be a genius!
SATURDAY
A Fictitious History of Hit Songs of the 1950s-1980s – Alan Stillson, Santa Rosa (9:00)
This is an interactive humor piece written by Alan Stillson, combining groaners with an homage to the pop music industry. Attendees will compete to try to figure out the title of the song.
Cryptoquip Contest – Sue Barr, Santa Rosa (10:30)
Cryptoquips are cryptograms with a witty saying. Come join in the contest to see how many you can complete in the time allotted. No prior cryptogram solving experience is necessary.
Jonathan’s Killer Spelling Bee – Jonathan Elliott, Santa Rosa (1:00)
Watch out …the leader might sometimes “accidentally” mispronounce the word to be spelled. Make sure not to rely completely on the administrator’s pronunciation, because it is not always going to be completely correct …but it does make things more challenging for us!
Pictorial Trivia – Jana Bickel, Santa Rosa (2:30)
Here’s a new twist on an old favorite. Get together in teams of six and identify photographs of famous people, places and things and the facts behind them. The famous people may include scientists, world leaders, authors, artists, musicians. Places may include iconic buildings and other structures in the U.S. and around the world. Jana Bickel will be the host and Craig Lancaster will facilitate the computer graphics. Come and test your visual knowledge.
Carnelli – Jay Friedlander, Bosanko (3:45)
The classic Mensa word-association game consisting of movies, music, books, and whatever else the capricious and arbitrary host will allow. More details are on Wikipedia’s Carnelli page.
Werewolf – David Fenig, Bosanko (5:00)
By night, werewolves kill off villagers. By day, angry villagers kill off suspected werewolves. (But oops; sometimes they just kill off innocent villagers.) Werewolf requires observation, some deduction, and a lot of bold-faced lying. Who will prevail: the werewolves or the villagers? Since an average game take 15-20 minutes, new players can join quickly.
Encore – Jay Friedlander, Santa Rosa (11:15)
Quick, think of a song with the word magic in it and sing at least six words in the song. Do you believe in magic in a young girl’s heart… OK! It’s the other team’s turn. Puff the Magic Dragon lived by the sea… Uh-oh, back to you. The timer’s running. Can you think of one? This team game doesn’t judge your singing voice, just your memory.
SUNDAY
Century: Spice Road – Claire Lee, Bosanko (12:00)
Explores the history of each century with spice-trading as the theme for the first installment. In Century: Spice Road, players are caravan leaders who travel the famed silk road to deliver spices to the far reaches of the continent for fame and glory.
Werewolves – Ed You, Santa Rosa (12:15)
Each player picks a card to find out their character. Everyone tries to find out who is the werewolf, but sometimes a villager gets kicked out instead. Watch out for a werewolf pretending to be a villager. The group can usually play 3 rounds in an hour.
Codenames – Jay Friedlander, Bosanko (1:15)
Codenames is a game of guessing which code names (words) in a set are related to a hint-word given by another player. Players split into two teams: red and blue. Twenty-five code name cards, each bearing a word, are laid out in a 5 by 5 rectangular grid, in random order. On each turn, the appropriate spymaster gives a hint about their agents’ identities by giving verbal hints about the words on the respective cards. Each hint may only consist of one single word and a number (the number of cards related to the hint).
Taboo – Jay Friedlander, Bosanko (2:30)
A word guessing party game in which a player tries to get his or her teammates to guess words without using the word itself or five additional words listed on the card. The object of the game is for a player to have his/her teammates guess the word on his/her card without using gestures and verbal cues.
Tribond – Jay Friedlander, Bosanko (3:45)
Players are given a list of three items and must determine the common bond. The first team to bring their three pawns around the triangles wins.
Family Feud – Ed You, Galletti Galley (5:00)
Teams of four Mensans will play StaRGazing 2020’s own version of the perennial hit TV game show. Questions were posed to Mensans about subjects near and dear to their hearts. Form your own team prior to the show or find teammates in the audience. Teams will rotate often so teams will have more than one chance to win the tournament. If you don’t want to play, enjoy the fun and games from the audience.
Cards Against Humanity – Jay Friedlander, Bosanko (10:00)
Cards Against Humanity is a party game in which players complete fill-in-the-blank statements using words or phrases typically deemed as offensive, risque or politically incorrect printed on playing cards. The person who most recently “pooped” (a form of primitive randomization) starts the round. Note: Adult language, offensive and scatological humor. We are not imposing an age limit, so it is the parent’s full and complete responsibility to restrict their children from playing if they do not wish them to participate.
And many more games to play in our well-stocked game room!