Who's Best at Blurt!?

Over the 15 years that Blurt has been on the market, I've played it with people in bookstores, toy stores, in the Mall of America, on national TV shows and on radio shows. I've played it on cruise ships and in classrooms and once, in a cocktail lounge in Cape Coral, Florida. Across the years, I have noticed two things:

1) Woman are generally better at Blurt than men.
2) Kids (12 to 16 year-olds) are better at Blurt than their parents.

Now these are not universal facts, but general observations. A recent game night with Guys vs. Gals reported to me by a board game reviewer confirmed #1 to be accurate. When grown-ups play Battle of the Sexes in Blurt, the fairer sex usually wins. This irks some people (read: males).

I come from a line of competitive game players and bragging rights go a long way in contributing to the overall fun of the play, as long as it's all good-natured. So in that spirit, I am conducting a social play experiment with Blurt in 2009. Whenever I play the game this year (and I plan to play it a lot in celebration of its return to the market and its 15th anniversary), I will be keeping score. When I play with listeners on radio stations, we will pit woman callers vs. men callers and I will keep score. When I do promotions for Blurt at toys stores, we will play kids vs. grown-ups and I will keep score. I will keep a running tally of the scores on this plog and I encourage you to send me the results of your test play for inclusion. In the spirit of fair play, I will trust the accuracy of results reported to me. (Do not lie to me, you ultra competitive freaks... you know who you are).

Let the Blurt games begin!