DINNERTIME™, our basic game, is intended to be played right out of the box with the original game pieces we have provided (please note Food Lover's Trivia is not just for dinner; it's just as good for breakfast, lunch, brunch or a late-night snack). The Original Food Lovers Trivia is a game of "chefs" and "guests". Questions are asked by the "guests", and answered by the "chefs".
SET UP
1. Each team selects one chip from each color category: Purple = Beverages; Red = Geography & Culture; Yellow = Ingredients; Brown =Recipes; Green = Food People; Orange = Food Arts & Science). These six chips are the team's "full plate" with which game play begins.
2. Because there is no "board," you can now find a place to sit, get comfortable and get ready to play. Teams should sit together. (Don't forget a beverage).
3. Choose one person to be the timekeeper.
4. Set out the three 6-colored dice and the two card boxes so that they are within easy reach of each team.
5. Select a starting team. The game is played in a clockwise manner.
GAME PLAY
1. The starting chefs roll a 6-colored die.
2. The next team in line (the guests), draw a card and ask the question matching the color that the chefs have rolled on the die. The timekeeper starts the sand timer once the question has been read and understood.
3. If the chefs answer the question correctly, and before the timer runs out, then the chefs remove the matching color food chip from their "plate". That "food" (chip) is now considered "eaten" and the chefs roll again. "Eaten" chips should be returned to the game box or set-aside. Used cards are returned to the card boxes. Chefs must continue to answer questions matching the color they roll, even if they have already "eaten" the chip for that color category.
4. If the chefs give a wrong answer, then their turn is over, and play progresses in a clockwise direction to the next chefs in line.
5. The first chefs to "Clean Your Plate™" by "eating" all of their chips are the winners of DINNERTIME™!
EXTENDED GAME PLAY (a.k.a. CARE FOR SECONDS? ™)
All good chefs should be gracious enough to offer guests a second helping (or third, or fourth - especially when winning is at stake). We have included three "Yes Please - No Thanks" dice. These are the "Seconds Dice™". With these dice, chefs can offer "seconds" to their guests, keeping them from cleaning their plates! (Graciously, of course).
1. In playing CARE FOR SECONDS? ™ -when the chefs roll the 6-color die to a color they have already "eaten", they now have the option to offer "seconds" to any opposing team. This is a good strategy to use on guests who have just a few chips left and have almost cleaned their plate.
2. The chefs politely ask the guests if they might care for "seconds". The guests roll the "Seconds Dice™" (a hush comes over the crowd). If "No Thanks" turns up, the guests politely refuse the offer and the chefs lose their turn. If "Yes Please" turns up, the guests who were offered "seconds" get to draw a card and ask the question. If the chefs answer the question correctly, the guests politely accept the chefs' offer of any color chip in the game box even if they already have a like color on their plate. The chefs keep rolling.
Instructions for The Original Food Lover's Trivia™
Playing The Original Food Lover's Trivia™ with real food is what truly brings the game to life. The colors for the categories were selected because they match the colors of foods. Please see our Cookbook of Colors™ for recipe and party ideas. Whether you use our recipes, or your favorite recipes, real food is what this game is all about.
Food Game #1 - PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD (or ours)
PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD is played with the same basic rules as DINNERTIME™ or CARE FOR SECONDS™? - except that you replace the "chips" with real food. Play with our recipes (from the Cookbook of Colors™) or your own recipes. No problem if you don't have one food of each color, simply identify the categories with appropriately colored toothpicks, skewers or napkins.
Use plates, bowls or glasses that match the colors to serve your creations. Just be sure that each player can start the game with a "full plate" of 6 pieces, and that there is enough for servings of "seconds"! And remember, beverages come in many different colors also.
Game #2 - DIET PLATE SPECIAL™ (our reduced calorie game)
The same rules apply to this version of a real-food game but it is played with a combination of game chips and real food. Prepare real food for 2 or 3 of the color categories, and use game chips for the remaining categories.
Game #3 - POTLUCKY™ (good luck)
To play POTLUCKY ™each team blindly selects 6 random game chips at the start of the game. The colors you pick are the colors you get. If you are playing with real food, teams then take one piece of food to match the colors of the chips they have selected. The chips are then returned to the box. POTLUCKY™ is played with the same basic rules as DINNERTIME™ or CARE FOR SECONDS? ™
Game #4 - BLUE-PLATE SPECIAL™ (blue food?)
Since there is no true blue colored food, colors don't apply to the BLUE-PLATE SPECIAL™. In this game, teams get to eat a piece of food for every correctly answered question until they have cleaned their plates. The color of the question must still match the color rolled. You can choose any number of food pieces each team starts with. The more pieces you start with, the longer game play will continue.
Doggy-Baggers™
Anyone has the option to be a Doggy-Bagger™. This is a player who may choose to eat sensibly and not overeat, or may simply not care for the food of a particular color category. A player can choose to Doggy-Bag by wrapping his or her portion for later or by offering it to any other hungry player. There is no penalty for Doggy-Bagging!
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