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Lyric – the all singing all dancing board-game
Hello, my name is Andrew Kay and I am a board-game addict. Yes I admit my favourite pastime is playing board-games (I can get excited about jigsaws too but keep it under your hat). My favourites are Scrabble, Catan and Acquire, I know, what an anorak, but I am fully aware that for most people they are just too… well too complex.
Lyric is the opposite – in so many ways. For a start it’s easy to get the hang of. I read the instructions twice and had the measure of it. It’s easy to set up too. The idea is to test your knowledge of song lyrics but in a variety of ways. You may be asked to complete a lyric, name or date a song, sing the next line… I can feel a few of you shifting uneasily. Don’t, there are also lots of other types of lyric based questions – you can doodle a song, mime a title in the fashion of charades or simply use your general knowledge. The game is board based and teams use counters to progress, answering questions dictated by the colour of note you land on. There are dice that dictate elements of how some questions are answered and for my favourite, the gold note question, a timer. In 45 seconds you have to think of a lyric containing one of a sequence of six words which you are given, one at a time as you solve each word. I promise you, it’s hysterical and tough.
You’ll love Lyric, featuring the lyrics to your life…
The greatest feature of this game is that it is terrific ice breaking fun. Okay, someone may hate singing, but before long everyone was joining in. And as there is no CD karaoke- style element so who knows how bad you are or who cares? As a game for a larger party it’s excellent as team play is encouraged. I loved it and so did my pop picking friends. In the tradition of Juke Box Jury it’s a Hit, or as Janice Nicholls would say on Thank Your Lucky Stars, “Oi’ll give it foive”.
Competition
You’ve heard them… you know them… but can you recall them?
- In the classic Queen song, which seven words follow… “I see a little silhouetto of a man…”
- Where was ‘she working’ when ‘he met her’ in Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me?’
- Which musical instrument is mentioned in Abba’s ‘Dancing Queen’?
- Which Oasis song begins with the word ‘Today’?
- Which building is situated at the end of Lonely Street?
We have two copies of Lyric to give away as prizes. Simply send the answer to question five above to competitons@thelatest.co.uk
Lyric Vision is £24.99 and is available from Gamleys, Tesco, John Lewis, Amazon and all good toy retailers
Lyric answers
1 Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango. 2 In a cocktail bar.
3 Tambourine. 4 Wonderwall. 5 ? If you think you know, enter our comeptition.
