City, Country, River: free printable PDF

Who to play with, and where, on paper

• Paper game for the car and for holidays

  For trips, the cottage or the beach. Paper and a pencil are enough.

• Paper game for grandparents and seniors

  It entertains and exercises vocabulary, with no phone or computer. Also good for a retirement home. Print what you like: your own categories.

• Paper game for two

  Everyone gets a sheet and a pencil. Agree on your own categories and print them in the PDF generator.

• Game in class, at work and at parties

  Hand out the sheets and play with no phones at the table. For teachers, team building.

Rules of the game

The aim is to find and write words that match the selected categories and start with the chosen letter. The game is played in rounds; players earn points for valid words. The player with the most points wins.

1. Each player receives a game sheet and places it in front of them along with a pencil.
2. The game has several rounds. For each round of the game, you must specify a letter that each word will begin with.
3. One of the players say the alphabet in their head. Another player stops them at any time with the word STOP.
4. The round begins when the player says the letter where he was stopped out loud.
5. Players must fill in the words for each category in one row of the table as quickly as possible. The words must begin with the selected letter.
6. The first player to fill in all the categories shouts the word STOP and everyone else has to put down their pencil. The players can also agree to end the round at any time.
7. At the end of each round, points are awarded for the words according to the rules on the game card.
8. The game ends after the agreed number of rounds. The player with the most points wins.

Scoring

• Empty field = 0 points.
• Same word as another player = 5 points.
• Unique answer = 10 point.
• Answer only from you = 15 point.