Head Trip Review

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We review Head Trip, a party game published by the makers of Cards Against Humanity. Head Trip is a cooperative party game that will have you trying to guess the answers of the head.

Back in a simpler time, Cards Against Humanity ruled the party-game world. Its crude and crass pre-written humor guaranteed a laugh amongst friends and dysfunctional families alike. That was true until you played it a few times and saw all the jokes. Eventually, my circles moved on from it, though sometimes I still see it brought to parties and even being played at bars. With the jokes now extremely outdated, I can’t say I ever want to play it again, but there were some great memories made with it.

After more than a decade and millions and millions of dollars made, the company has come up with a new game idea. Will this be their next cash cow? Head Trip is a cooperative party game for 3 to 10 players that takes about 30 minutes to play.

In Head Trip, players are working cooperatively to defeat 7 Heads. The gameplay is dead simple. During set up, 7 Heads are randomly selected and placed face down on the table. Heads are simply a character that players need to embody while answering ridiculous questions. For example, “You are a pothead robot.”

Each round, one player plays as the Tripper and draws a question card. Question cards offer a multiple choice question.The Tripper must answer the question as if they are the current Head. This is done in secret. After that, all other players can discuss and then must individually vote on which answer they believe the Tripper chose. After all players have voted, the Tripper’s answer is revealed and scored. If even one other player voted for the correct answer, the Head is defeated, and players move onto the next Head. If all players voted incorrectly, the next Tripper must use the same Head with a new question and the current Tripper loses one of their chips. If all players voted correctly, a bonus chip is awarded to one of the players. Once 7