Which sounds easy enough, but, as Matthews warns: “Watch out, duplicate words cancel each other out,” so you need to be creative. The main objective, as the title suggests, is for players to help their teammates guess a word by suggesting “just one” word as a hint.
Joseph Comings, founder of the Art of Boardgaming, adds that the game can be “learned in a matter of minutes.” The game won the prestigious 2019 Spiel des Jahres, or German Game of the Year, which evaluates board games based on their game concept, rule structure, layout, and design. “It’s simple to play, a breeze to teach, and utterly addictive.” Word-association games are a great choice to play with friends in larger groups because they are “full of inside joke possibilities and they let you make new memories by reliving old ones,” explains Meeple Mountain founder Andy Matthews. “Hands down, Just One is our favorite new party game,” says Demers. In our roundup of the best board games to break out during parties, five of our experts praised Just One.
