Guess Who Board Game

Playing the Guess Who Board Game

Guess Who is designed to be played by two people at a time. Both players choose a character from among the 48 different game characters. The object of the game is to figure out the identity of your opponent’s mystery person by a process of working through character cards and asking identification questions.

Players take turns flipping over cards that display character faces and asking “yes or no” questions that can help narrow down the identity of the other player’s secret person. Questioning techniques vary, depending on the age and reasoning skills of the players.

As players go through cards and ask each other questions, they move closer to winning the game by narrowing down the possibilities. Players polish their deduction skills as they navigate through the process of solving the identity of their opponent’s mystery person.

Guess Who is one of the few board games that adults and older children can enjoy playing along with the youngest members of the household. Many teenagers and adults enjoy playing this game, even though it is designed for younger children.

Guess Who was first introduced in the 1980’s, and it has been a popular choice among youngsters since then. You can view the 1980s commercial for the game on You Tube.

Typical Guess Who Questions

• Is your person a man?
• Is your person a woman?
• Does your person wear glasses?
• Does your person have red hair?
• Does your person have blonde hair?
• Does your person have brown hair?
• Does your person have black hair?
• Does your person have gray hair?
• Does your person’s name start with a vowel?
• Does you person’s name start wit a consonant?

What Do Players Learn?

• Ability to come up with good questions
• Critical thinking skills
• Deductive reasoning skills
• Discriminating among similarities and differences
• How the process of elimination works
• Logical thinking skills
• Observational skills

About the Game

• Manufactured by Hasbro
• Some Assembly Required
• Includes two game boards
• Comes with 48 character cards
• No batteries needed

Other Versions of the Game

• Guess Who is available in the Guess Who Fun on the Run compact version, which is the perfect size to carry along on to keep kids occupied when traveling.
• Fans of Marvel comics will love the Guess Who Marvel Comics edition. Each mystery character represents a Marvel character. The guess who cards feature many different Marvel characters, including heroes, villains, and mutants.
• The Disney Edition, exclusive to Toys R Us, features favorite Disney characters such as Snow White, The Little Mermaid, and others on the cards.
• The Spanish-language version is called Adivina Quien?.
• The youngest players (age 6-8) will enjoy The Littlest Pet Shop edition of the game. Instead of trying people, the mystery characters are cute baby animals.

Where to Purchase the Guess Who Board Game

Guess Who is available in toy stores, mass merchandisers, and from a variety of online retailers.

• Amazon.com
• Board Games Express
• Hasbro.com
• Toys 2 Wish 4
• Toys R Us

If You Love Guess Who, You Might Enjoy:

• Kids who love Guess Who are also likely to enjoy Guess Where, also by Hasbro. With Guess Where, players utilize questioning techniques to figure out where their opponent’s family members and pets are located in their house. The game boards are fold-up plastic houses, and the game comes with 32 playing pieces representing family members.
• Those with advanced reasoning skills who enjoy Guess Who might also enjoy Battleship, a game of strategy and logic that involves figuring out where your opponent’s battleship fleet pieces are located on a game grid.

Family Fun With the Guess Who Board Game

When you’re looking for a family board game that is both fun and educational for kids of all ages, Guess Who might be the perfect choice.