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Poetry For Neanderthals: Grab & Game Edition

A travel-friendly card game. Speak good or u no win!

Poetry For Neanderthals: Grab & Game Edition - Main image
$6.69 $9.99 In stock

Category: Games

Get everyone involved and laughing with Poetry for Neanderthals Grab & Game.

The goal is to get your teammates to guess a word or phrase. But the silly stoneage twist is, you can only use single-syllable words. It’s challenging but infinitely replayable.

Poetry for Neanderthals Grab & Game is great for road trips, plane trips, or killing time at your favorite cafe.

Dimensions: 3.74 in × 0.98 in × 4.92 in

It’s a game of poetry. it’s poetry for neanderthals.

Poetry For Neanderthals Grab & Game comes with:

  • 60 Cards

Plus, one instruction manual that you will probably skim.

Contents shot of the Poetry for Neanderthals game box and components

quick step guide

Hand holding a Tyrannosaurus Rex poetry book illustration

DRAW

Draw a Poetry Card.

How to play: a phone screen showing a sixty second timer

SET

Set a 60-second timer. 

Cartoon T-Rex doing the splits over a torn book

SPEAK GOOD

Try to get your team to say the word from the Poetry card using only single-syllable words.

Fan of yellow word cards to collect during play

COLLECT

Collect points for every word you get your team to guess during the time limit.

Character cheering with arms raised over a pile of cards

WIN

When both teams have had at least 3 turns, count up everyone’s points. Whoever has the most, wins!

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Eli ★★★★★

We played this with six people from ages 12 to 70, and the single-syllable rule turned supposedly easy clues into total chaos. The included card holder and scorepad kept things moving, and even the quietest person was shouting by the end.

Henry I. ★★★★★

The single-syllable rule sounds simple until you’re screaming “big stick” instead of “tree” and your team’s completely lost. We’ve played it three nights in a row now, and even the quietest person ends up swinging the inflatable club.

Sophia Z. ★★★★★

Game night got chaotic in the best way when the one-syllable rule forced my brother to act out "rhinoceros" while grunting. The grab-and-go box makes it stupid easy to pull out at a party, and even our quietest friend was yelling clues by round two.