Dark and Stormy Night Board Game

Price: $39.95

Item:AN0755

Need this in time for the Holidays?

Game for a good time? This board game rewards readers—and it's fun!

"Call me Ishmael." That's the opening line to a well-known book. Know the title, or the author? If you said either Moby-Dick or Herman Melville, you're on your way to winning the Dark and Stormy Night Board Game.

The object of the game is to correctly guess the title or author of eight books after your opponent reads you the opening lines from the clue cards. The clue cards also contain the answers, so when it's your turn to read one, you'll have a chance to refresh your memory. And probably learn about some more good reads.

You may be surprised by how much you remember, especially with a dozen categories to pick from. Up to four people can play. Invite the kids—there are clues for them, too. As for "It was a dark and stormy night," Snoopy's favorite opening line was originally penned by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton in his 1830 novel Paul Clifford. Who knew?

Board game for up to 4 players
Play as individuals or in teams
Created by two avid readers
Handsomely designed, with quality playing pieces
Box resembles a book
Twelve categories of reading clues, each with the first lines of the book plus the title, author and year
Try some—see if you can guess the title or author from the opening lines:
Novels, pre-1900: "Camelot—Camelot," said I to myself. "I don't seem to remember hearing of it before. Name of the asylum, likely." A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain
Children's Books: "In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
Novels, 1950-Present: "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow." To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Children's Movies: "All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this." Peter Pan, James M. Barrie
Mysteries: "Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth." The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett
Novels, 1900-1950: "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since." The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Other categories: Nonfiction, Shakespeare, Short Stories, Poetry, pre-1900 Novels
81/2W x 31/2D x 103/4L

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