The Long Table · the thanksgiving pack · Words & quick thinking
Alphabet Feast
One letter, six categories, all from the table. Only answers nobody else wrote score.
- ~12 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the The Long Table pack
- Ages 10+
Alphabet Feast is one of the ten games in The Long Table, a pack bought once and kept by your group.
What it feels like
From apple pie to zucchini bread, the whole feast is in the alphabet somewhere. Tonight, you get one letter, and have to make a meal of it. Here's how it works. In a private turn, you get one letter and six categories, and you write an answer to each that starts with that letter. The answers come up one category at a time, and anything the room won't accept gets tapped and struck. Every answer that starts with the letter and that nobody else wrote scores one point. If you're stuck, type a dash, because a blank scores nothing.
How to play
- Take a private turn each: one letter, six categories. Write an answer to each that starts with the letter.
- The answers come up one category at a time.
- Anything the room won't accept, tap to strike it.
- Only answers nobody else wrote score — so dodge the obvious ones.
Scoring: 1 point for every answer that starts with the letter and that nobody else wrote. Stuck? Type a dash — a blank scores nothing.
You'll get prompts like
- “A dish on the table”
- “Something you're thankful for”
What you need
3 to 10 people and one phone, tablet or laptop to pass around — or everyone on their own phone in a room. Nothing to download, no accounts. The best lines can be sealed into your group's Almanac and come back in later games.
