I had asked for this game for Christmas from my husband & was very happy to see it Xmas am. Although I've only had opportunity to play it twice since I received it, both times we all had a really fun night playing it. It is a group type game so does call for, I believe at least 4 players(2 teams of 2 players on each team minimum). I saw it on TV b4 Xmas 2012 & thought it looked like a GREAT group game & whenever my family gets together we ALWAYS play some sort of game we could all play that's fast paced & don't have to really concentrate but have fun more than anything & saw as a game that we'd all enjoy, but then Xmas past & when we'd all b together playing same games we'd been playing for awhile now, would pop into my head again,so as this Xmas(2013) was coming up, thought of it again & left a bunch of notes around(hinting or more like saying I want this game for xmas!! Haha). When we all were together during the week after Xmas we played & I was right, we all loved the game itself, Catch Phrase with ages ranging from 14 to 73 & had a LOT of laughs & nite filled w/tons of fun!!! I would most definitely recommend to anyone who likes to play games of all ages, starting with young teens & up, especially if u are the type of family or group of friends that enjoy playing games like this type..its a times game where each team takes its turn & one player on the team in that particular round, taking turns though, will b the one giving the clues, words, hand motions, etc, to try to have ur team guess the "Phrase" written in the screen on the handheld unit and once they guess or u pass a new word comes up & keeps going until ur time runs out. U do have categories to choose from b4 u begin as well, which is nice too. Then it's the next teams turn to pick player to give out the clues, etc until there time runs out and then goes back to team1 where a new player gives the clues and so on...it keeps u on ur toes and any other of ur teammates can just yell out what they think it might b until they uses it or u or them decide to pass..the nights we played we had about 3-4 players on each team & as I said above had a lot of laughs and fun & everyone agreed was a great game & would love to play again as soon as we get together again. So for those reasons I gave it the 4 stars, my one & only reason for ONLY 4 stars instead of 5 stars is because of the way the game is designed with its scoring..although there is a "Score" button on game unit, and as I remember either on box or in description under game on here it said in some type of wording, it "keeps score" so u would assume the game as ur playing.& u hit that team got it right etc, that it would keep track and have it marked at end of round how many u did get right, luckily I quickly read the instructions b4 we played or wouldn't have known how many we got correct on my team, who went first, because it actually DOES NOT keep ur score in the way u would expect, u actually have to keep track of ur own score during the particular round by jotting it down (as timer still going) or have a trustworthy member of the opposing team keep ur score for u on sheet of paper as ur team is going.., then after ur teams time is up, u then put ur teams points it received for that particular round,by hitting the "score" button & keep hitting it for the amount u got correct, so if ur team got 5 correct, u hit the score button 5 times and then I forget exactly what u do to let it know ur finished but only after doing that, is the 1st teams score set in & now it becomes the next teams turn & after each round have to do same thing w/scoring..someone keeps track on paper. It does however, then keep track/remember ur scores as the game progresses, but ONLY after u put the points/scores in manually after each teams turn, but u still have to jot down ur points while playing to know what score/points to put in at end of each & every round & there's no way to know that it works that way, until u've opened the box, put in batteries & then start playing only to see its not keeping ur score as u went on, unless u read the instructions..which many, feeling its a pretty straight forward game, wouldn't bother doing(as it was, while I was reading instructions my family members were saying, not 2 bother, we get It, we think we could figure it out,etc) & then wouldn't know until after the first round when it would show up being zero as first teams score & no one knowing 2 keep track on paper.. & w/ a lot going on, with different voices guessing & person trying 2 quickly get team 2 guess, without saying any word in the phrase on screen, trying 2 describe & at times the game could get loud.depending on group ur playing w/& how many people on each team, etc, so, needless to say, the last thing ur team is thinking of while going is the score, main thing is trying to guess & also thinking of timer running out... My point is, why bother having a scoring function if u still need someone to keep track of the score with pen and paper, while going instead of when the person gets the answer correct or incorrect & moving to next word/phrase for them to guess, u would think it could just see u hit ur team got phrase correct & just score a point then...that was the only part that really bothered me because felt mislead when saw online & read that it kept the score & only to see after each round that I had to hit the score button the amount of times my team answered one correct till u get to correct number then hit enter or something & it holds it & next teams turn to go, they did have a few different versions, but this was supposed to b newest best version, first version not being electronic was just cards. That was my only problem with the game...and I guess if they just left the score button off, would have kept score w/paper no problem, but seeing it"kept score" but yet,mu still needed to keep score also...just didnt make much sense to me or anyone else there while we played..but honestly, it still is a VERY fun game & we had a LOT of laughs/fun & wound up playing for hours!!! Both times and only stopped because it was getting pretty late. Regardless of whole scoring issue will most DEFINITELY continue to play CATCH PHRASE & everyone who played(about 8 of us) also thought the game was great but agreed about the scoring issue & felt why did they bother, if marking it down, we will just keep marking it on paper throughout, just seems like an extra step for scoring.. Maybe they will eventually upgrade once again to correct the scoring issues, so as u get answers correct will give u a point then, not expect you to put ur teams score in hitting button over & over till get to correct number only having to keep track during the game as being timed & taking the time after stopping game basically while other team waiting to go, while u put in manually the score into handheld unit. Guess we just didnt/don't understand. But without a doubt, I would still recommend, just have pen/paper handy & someone from ur team or trustworthy player from other team to keep track of ur score as the fast paced timed game is going...lots of laughs & night full of fun with family or friends that enjoy playing games easy enough where its fun & fast paced without tooo much thinking. Also, It is a nice size handheld unit that does fit comfy ably in hands,& easy to read the screen. If ur looking for a fun game with group, this is DEFINITELY THE GAME. Catch Phrase itself did not disappoint!!!! Go for it as the time flies by & next thing u know hours have gone by..good categories also to choose from...just b prepared to keep track of points during rounds. I'm sure we will get used to it, was just disappointed I suppose, but scoring issue definitely will not stop us from playing whenever we have at least 4 of us together!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND as party game or family get together(bdays, holidays, or just a nite together). Had GREAT TIME PLAYING!!!!