Bring Your Own Book

Rummage through your favorite novels, obscure textbooks, or cookbooks to scavenge the ultimate real-life text response in a hilarious party game where literature collides with absurd prompts.

Bring Your Own Book (published by Gozer Games / Cryptozoic Entertainment) is an inventive, text-scavenging party game that turns every book on your shelf into a custom playing deck. Moving away from standard party games with fixed prompt-and-response cards, this title relies entirely on personal reading material, rapid scanning, and creative textual interpretation. The primary gameplay objective centers on score accumulation: players race against a sand timer to search through physical books they brought to the table to find a phrase, sentence, or passage that best fits an open prompt card selected by the active judge.

The primary mechanical hurdle stems from speed-reading under time pressure while managing text limitations—searching for a hilarious line that fits prompts like "A terrible line from a romance novel" or "Instruction manual warning" within your specific book can be wildly challenging depending on whether you're holding a sci-fi thriller or a gardening guide. Designed for 3 to 8 or more players aged 12 and up, sessions play out across fast-paced 20-to-30 minute rounds. To win point cards, players must quickly index their book, recognize subtle humor, and deliver their found passage with dramatic comedic timing before time expires.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 12+ Years
Publisher: Gozer Games
Play Time: 20-30 Minutes
Player Count: 3-8 Players
Complexity: Light (Text Scavenging, Speed Scanning, Subjective Judging, Creative Interpretation)

What's in the Box?

• 100 Double-Sided Prompt Cards
• 1 60-Second Sand Timer
• 1 Rulebook