Family Feud (home game)

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Family Feud is the classic home game version based on the TV version of the same name, that was first published by Milton Bradley in 1977. Much like the actual show, family contestants must answer survey questions in order to win the game.

Contents 1 Milton Bradley (1977-1985) 1.1 Main Game 1.2 Scoring format 1.3 Fast Money Round 1.4 Variations 2 Pressman (1989-1993) 3 Endless Games (1998-present)

[edit] Milton Bradley (1977-1985)

Milton Bradley made eight editions of the ABC version starting in 1977. Each game would contain 60 games, play money, instructions, Fast Money tally sheets, gameboard (that looks almost like the actual gameboard) and strike indicator.

[edit] Main Game

Virtually based on the TV show, there are three survey rounds in which you try to guess the most popular answers to a question, with the third round beind worth double the values. Questions can have up to 10 answers on the board (although later editions limited all front round questions to 5 answers). Two teams would face off to see which team will gain control of that particular question. Whoever guesses the more popular answer in the survey has the option to play the question or pass it to the other family. The team in control then attempts to give all the popular answers on the board. The team gets a "strike" if they give an answer that is not on the board or fail to respond. Three strikes cause the family to relinquish control of the board and the other family then gets the chance to steal the cash in the bank if they correctly guess one of the remaining answers. Any remaining answers are then revealed.

[edit] Scoring format

Questions are played for double points at the last question of the game. For this version, the format was 1x-1x-2x and the team with the most money at the end of the third round is the winner and goes to Fast Money to play for a $5,000 bonus.

[edit] Fast Money Round

The home version of the Fast Money is a little altered from the TV show. The gameboard reveals six answers (without the points) for all five answers. For single players, he/she picks two answers off the board; in games with two or more players, each player chooses one answer. The objective, as in the television version, is to score 200 points.

If one or both team members accumulate 200 or more points, the team wins the top prize of $5,000; if they score less than 200, they earn $5 for every point (Example: 198 x $5 = $990).

[edit] Variations

The game could be played with two players involved with a different set of rules. In essence, the rules were thus:

• The game sheet is inserted into the gameboard. The game rules encouraged covering the sheet with a piece of paper during the inserting, so as not to spoil the game (by accidentally viewing the answers beforehand).

• The contestants referred to a booklet containing the questions and number of answers. With that knowledge, each player wrote down answers which they thought were contained in the survey.

• After both players have finished, they compare their lists with the answers on the game sheet and tally their score.

The player with the most points after three rounds played Fast Money; the loser was the emcee for this round. The winner gives two answers to each survey question. Rules are otherwise identical to the multi-player version.

A four-player version was also billed, with each player taking turns playing two games and serving one game each as banker and emcee. With rules otherwise identical to the multi-player version, the player with the most cash after four games was considered the winer.

[edit] Pressman (1989-1993)

Pressman Games made 2 editions of the CBS version starting in 1990. The game was actually very similar to the Milton Bradley versions; however, the second edition, released in 1993, was called The New Family Feud which added the "Bullseye" round seen on the later series in the game. Other than that, the rest of the game are virtually the same. Each edition would contain games, play money, instructions, Fast Money tally sheets, gameboard and strike indicator.

[edit] Endless Games (1998-present)

Endless Games brought the game back to life in 1998 with a new look and made two extra editions after the 1999 revival. Each game would contain 60 games, play money, instructions, gameboard and strike indicator. One game even included the "Bullseye" round. One of major the changes from the MB/Pressman version is you have to write the answers with a dry erase marker on a dry erase game board.