Hot Potato - Handoff!

In the Options screen for Hot Potato, you have the option of allowing up to 3 handoffs per team. The handoff feature gives you the opportunity to pass the word to a person on your team who you think would do a better job of describing. If a word comes up that you are having trouble with, you can press the handoff button and pass it to any person on your team.

Note: Two handoffs cannot occur in a row. If a word has been handed off and passed to you, you cannot hand it off to someone else!

Hot Potato - Scoring

• When time runs out, the team whose turn is up loses and the other team is awarded a point (Tip: remember to tap the word before passing!)
• At the end of the round, the winning team has 10 seconds to submit one guess for the last word and steal an additional point.
• If during the round any rules are broken (i.e. saying part of a word or spelling), the game can be paused and the round ended early with a point awarded to the non-offending team.

Hot Potato - Reverse!

In the Options screen for Hot Potato, you have the option of allowing up to 3 reverses per team. The reverse feature gives you the opportunity to throw a word back on to the other team and reverse directions. If a word comes up that you are having trouble with, you can press the Reverse button and pass it to the person on the other team that came before you.

Note: Two revereses cannot occur in a row. If a word has been reveresed and passed to you, you cannot reverse it back!

Hot Potato - Gameplay

1. The player holding the game must get his teammates to guess his word without saying all or part of the word, spelling, or refering to rhyming words.
2. Once someone guesses the word correctly, the player presses the center button and passes to the player next to him.
3. When a reverse is initiated, the game must be passed to the previous player (on the opposite team) and the passing direction should switch. (Note: two reverses cannot happen back to back)
4. When a handoff is initiated, the player may decide to pass the device to any player on his team. (Note: two handoffs cannot happen back to back)

Hot Potato - Game Setup

1. First divide into two teams with even numbers of people. (Tip: if you have an odd number of people, have two people play together as one!)
2. Next, setup a circle with players alternating between the two teams.
3. Choose the word categories for the game
4. Select gameplay options. Here you have the ability to change the length of time for each round, how many points a team needs to score, the number of Reverses and Handoffs, and Sound (on/off).
5. Hand the device to a player from Team 1 and begin! (Note: the player holding the game at the end of each round starts the next round)