Scattergories Categories

The game of Scattergories is a fun, fast-paced and frenetic game of word use and creative thinking, but what do you when you have exhausted the current set of Scattergories categories? The answer is simple – make your own collection of categories on your own cards!

The game of Scattergories is a game of creative thinking that can be played with as few as two players up to six, but you could expand this to as many as you need making Scattergories a popular party game. Making more Scattergories categories cards will also increase the longevity of your game. The game also transfers well to a team setting and, depending on the categories you choose, you can have a very fun family game as well. Scattergories was created by Hasbro under Milton Bradley in 1988. The game itself has not changed that much since that time.

Playing the game is simple enough as players get a game folder that includes three cards with each card containing three Scattergories categories on each side. Each list contains 12 categories, and your goal is to make a unique answer that fits using the letter rolled on the 20-sided die and within the time limit as dictated with the timer.

The game of Scattergories is very versatile in the fact that the categories given are subject to one of the 20 letters you can roll. If you play often, you can quickly tire of the provided categories. In 1989 Milton Bradley released a Scattergories categories refill pack. Considering the age of the game and the published refill, it is unlikely you will be able to find it. Your only other option is to create your own.

There are a couple ways you can go about creating your own category cards.

1. Come up with several Scattergories categories and list them in Microsoft Word or another writing program and print them up.
2. Use this Scattergories Excel Spreadsheet from Boardgamegeek to generate random category cards.

There are many categories that you can use to create your own custom cards, and you can even create cards to a party theme. So if you want to play Scattergories for a birthday party, all of your categories could be about birthdays. The same can also be said about Halloween, Christmas or throwing an Oscar party.

Using the spreadsheet makes it easy to create your own cards, but if you want to keep control of what categories are used in your games, you can easily do this by following these simple steps:

1. Open Microsoft Word or other writing program
2. On the top line create three evenly spaced columns with the headings List 1, List 2, List 3
3. Carriage return one or two times
4. Make your rows of Scattergories categories by numbering them 1-12
5. Make three rows of categories, one under each list heading, for each of the 12 rows
6. Carriage return one or two times
7. Repeat steps 2-5 using List 4, List, 5 and List 6 as your headings
8. Move your cursor to the space between card 1 and card 2 and hit enter until card 2 makes a new page then hit backspace to keep the first 2 cards on one page
9. Go to the end of card 2 and hit enter to create a new page
10. Repeat the steps for creating two more sets of cards using List 7-12
11. Print as many copies as you need then fold them in half and use them in your game

Here is a list of possible Scattergories categories that you can use to create your own category cards. If you use the excel spreadsheet provided above, you can add all of these categories to that list. If you decide to do this, then you will truly randomize the categories and further enhance the game.

• Bands from the 80’s
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• Board Games
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• Corporate America
• Things You Find in Wal-Mart
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• Classic Televisions
• Things Found Between Couch Cushions
• Historic Figures
• Ghost Hunting Terms
• Gadgets
• Unusual Baby Names
• Generic Street Names
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