Herd Mentality: the rare time you don’t want to be original. In this game of questions, the goal is to have the same answer as the other players!
Each round starts with a question. Some are multiple choice, while others are completely open-ended, such as “What’s the best pizza topping?” and “Name a famous redhead.” All players secretly write down their answer before conferring. Like I said before, the goal is to overlap – the answer with the highest consensus scores each of those players cows! (Not real cows, unfortunately. We don’t play for steaks.)
If all but one player manage to match with someone, the odd one out is cursed with the Pink Cow, which makes their herd worthless until the curse passes on to someone else. Whoever is curse-free and collects eight cows wins!
I was introduced to Herd Mentality by some friends from the UK, which adds another challenge: the cultural divide of having players from two continents. Popular fast food chains, for instance. It’s one of those games where you learn a lot of neat, random little facts about your fellow players and their interests!
