I made an explanation party game in Electric Clojure
ExplainGame (explaingame.com) is a mobile-friendly party game that runs in the browser. The goal of the game is to get your teammates to say the words on your card before the timer runs out, using only word association clues. For example, if you get a term like “Michael Schumacher,” you can say “F1 driver, Ferrari, ski accident” but not “Michael” or “Schumacher.” You can think of it as charades or Pictionary, but instead of acting or drawing, you have to use your words. ExplainGame is a clone of a popular board game in South Africa called 30 Seconds, or Articulate in the UK. It is meant to…
I made an explanation party game in Electric Clojure launched on July 30, 2024 with 10 votes, #1,447 of 5,184 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
ExplainGame is a browser-based party game where players give word association clues to help teammates guess words on a card before time runs out. Similar to board games like Articulate or 30 Seconds, it replaces acting or drawing with verbal clues—for instance, describing "Michael Schumacher" as "F1 driver, Ferrari, ski accident" without saying the actual name. The mobile-friendly game draws from a deck of 700 general knowledge questions and is designed for in-person group play, solving the problem of physical cards becoming repetitive or unavailable.
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ExplainGame – The Explanation Party Game
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ExplainGame (explaingame.com) is a mobile-friendly party game that runs in the browser. The goal of the game is to get your teammates to say the words on your card before the timer runs out, using only word association clues. For example, if you get a term like “Michael Schumacher,” you can say “F1 driver, Ferrari…
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