Remember When ... Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Building a Memory
• Scoring "Helping Points"
• Voting for Best Memory
• Home Edition Additions
• Game Tone
• Tips

Overview

Remember When ... is a family party game for 3-9 players (the physical/home edition), ages 8 and up.

Remember When ... comes with hundreds of unique cards, each with 4 words/phrases on its 4 sides. There are ZERO repeats, meaning there are over a billion billion different combinations!

Building a Memory

On the Active Player's turn, they are creating a memory with 7 different cards, each representing a different part of the memory:

1. WHEN they did this
2. WHERE they did this
3. HOW they did this (i.e. Adverb)
4. The ACTION that they took (i.e. Verb)
5. The DESCRIPTION of the object of their memory (i.e. Adjective)
6. The OBJECT of their memory (i.e. Noun)
7. WHY they took this action

For example: "Remember When ..., while looking for my other sock, in the crowded grocery store, I repeatedly kissed the furry caveman because the Great Conjunction was at hand!?"

But the Active Player does not create this sentence/memory from their own cards. The other players are rapidly trying to assist the Active Player by submitting one card each. The Object and the Action Taken are determined first and read out loud, so the players have some context for their card submissions. Once one card of a type/color (i.e. "Blue") has been submitted, then another available color must be submitted.

Scoring "Helping Points"

As the players submit their cards to the Active Player, face down, they are trying to guess which of those 4 words/phrases the Active Player will actually choose. When the person building a memory matches the guess of the person who gave them the card, they both score a point.

Voting for Best Memory

Once the Active Player has assembled their sentence and scored it for "helping points," they read the completed sentence aloud (we suggest as dramatically as possible). This is because the other players will be voting on which memory of the evening is the most exciting of all! The person whose memory is voted the best at the end of the game scores two bonus points.

In the physical/home version of the game, there are 2 winners at the end of each game: Most Points and Best Memory. (On Board Game Arena's online implementation, the last memory standing at the end of the game additionally scores 2 bonus points.)

Home Edition Additions

The home version accommodates up to 9 players, adds optional Orange famous-personality cards in place of "the," and comes with blank cards so that you can create your own.

Game Tone

Remember When ... occupies a unique space as a very easy, casual game where parents and children alike will enjoy just being silly and letting their imaginations run wild.

Tips

• Try to figure out how your cards match with the object before the action is revealed; every second counts!
• Submitting a card with only one answer that fits will force the sentence creator to choose your selected side.