Goal: Fill in as many items as you can across 10 random categories — all starting with the same letter — and score points for anything no one else wrote.

How to Play

1. Setup:
   The AI generates 10 unrelated categories for the round.
   Then the AI gives one letter for the entire list.
2. Write Answers:
   Players have 1 minute (or any agreed-upon time) to write as many answers as they want, across any categories, as long as the answer:
   • Fits the category
   • Starts with the letter
   Multiple answers per category are allowed.
3. Alliteration Bonus:
   An answer with multiple words starting with the letter scores +1 point per extra word beyond the first.
   Example for letter B:
   • “Blue banana” → counts as banana (fits fruit) +1 bonus word
   • “Brilliant bouncing bunny” → 3 points (1 for bunny + 2 extra B-words)
4. Compare Answers:
   After time is up, players read their answers aloud one category at a time.
5. Scoring:

A. Unique Answers

✔ If only one player wrote the answer → 1 point
✔ Alliteration adds bonus points

B. Duplicate Answers

If two or more players write the same core answer, it is canceled for all of them.
Examples:

• “banana” vs. “banana” → both score 0
• “blue banana” vs. “brown banana” → both score 0 (banana cancels, adjectives irrelevant)

C. Alliteration Cancellation Rules (Important)

Alliteration ONLY counts if the core noun scores.

This means:

• If the main noun is canceled, no alliteration bonus survives.
• If the main noun does score, alliteration bonuses apply normally.

✔ Example 1 — Alliteration Canceled

Category: Fruit

• Player 1: Blue Banana
• Player 2: Brown Banana

Result:

• “banana” cancels → 0 points each
• “blue” and “brown” don’t relate to fruit → no compensation points
• Total: 0 / 0

✔ Example 2 — Alliteration Survives

Category: Fruit

• Player 1: Blue Banana
• Player 2: Blue Blueberry

Result:

• “blue” cancels (shared alliteration word)
• “banana” and “blueberry” do NOT cancel (different nouns)
• Each player earns 1 point for their unique fruit
• Alliteration bonus removed only for “blue” (adjective), not for the noun

Total:

• Player 1 = 1 (banana)
• Player 2 = 1 (blueberry)

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Challenges

If a player thinks an answer doesn’t fit, they may simply say:
“Challenge.”

The group does a quick vote:

• Majority agrees → answer removed
• Majority disagrees → answer stands

Tie = Answer Removed

If the vote is perfectly split (even number of players), the answer is invalid and DOES NOT SCORE.

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End of Game

Play 5 rounds. Total highest score wins.

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Variants

1. Different Win Condition

• Play 10 rounds
• Play any number of rounds that the group agrees on
• Play until someone wins 3 rounds
• Play to a target score (e.g., 25)

2. Phonetic Frenzy

Words that sound like they start with the letter count for two points instead of one.
Examples:

• gnome for N
• xylophone for Z
• phone for F
  (Note: “psychic” already starts with P — not phonetic.)

3. Hard Letter

Allow letters like Q, X, Z into rotation.

4. Friendly Duplicates

Duplicates earn ½ point instead of 0.

5. Double Letter

Generate two letters → answer must include both.
Example: L + T → “little turtle.”

6. Chaos Category Swap

Each player may replace one of the AI’s categories with a category of their own.

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Example Round

AI Generates:

• 10 categories
• Letter: B

Player Writes:

• Fruit → blue banana → 1 core point
• Animals → bouncing bear → 2 points (1 for bear +1 bonus)
• Beach things → bucket → 1 point

Round total = 4 points

Final Rule

3. The “A/An/The” Rule

Articles (A, An, The) do not count as the starting letter. “The Beatles” count for ‘B’, not ‘T’.