"Is it a boy or a girl?"

Guess Who? is a fun game to play with someone who has a short attention span. The game moves very quickly, and the child will enjoy whipping the disqualified pictures down. Each player has a game board which consists of several picture cards with either blue or red backs. The game begins with all of these card standing upright. As a player poses questions about the picture which is on the card in the other player's hand, he or she is able to eliminate several possible pictures. When they are out of the running, they are placed face down.

This game is very easy to play, appropriate for children of preschool age and older. The downside of this game is that there are only so many questions that can be asked. Gender, hair color, eye color, glasses, hat, facial hair, bald...these are the most commonly asked questions, and although there are other possibilities, they grow more and more subjective. "Does he have a big nose?" "Is she smiling?" That sort of thing. It generally takes an average of half a dozen questions to determine the opponent's picture. If the person is a woman, that's automatically narrowed down to five. This is a favorite first question, so if one player has a man and the other has a woman, the one with the woman usually loses.

Guess Who? is an entertaining game, but usually you won't find yourself sending more than twenty minutes or so playing. There just aren't enough possibilities to keep the game going for more than a few minutes, and it usually gets boring after a few consecutive games. Tip: The pictures are movable, so rearrange them on your board to add variety. At least then you won't memorize everyone's position!