When the time is up, or according to a variation after a player fills in every category and counts 20 seconds, players read their words per each category and score points for their answers.In order to speed up the game a time-limit (e.g.Then the players try, for each category, to write words that start with the chosen letter. At the beginning of each round, one letter is chosen.Players agree on a number of categories (name, place, animal, thing, plant, writer, etc.) and write them down as titles of same number of columns on their papers.The object of the game is to find words that begin with a particular letter of the alphabet and that fit predetermined categories.Categories is a game for two or more players, played with a paper and pencil per each player.The game is known in Argentina and some other Spanish-speaking parts of the world as Tutti Frutti (probably thanks to Italian migrants coming to the country around the same period) or as Basta! The French name Jeu du Baccalauréat also offers an academic tone After a while, it even made its way into the schoolĬurriculum. Then it reached to ever larger circles and became popular among group lessons of church and political organizations.

The German version Stadt Land Fluss, according to Wikipedia, was played at the time by Whilst the year and place of origin for this popular paper-pencil game is not known, it seems to have been played in Europe by the end of 19th Century.

Tutti frutti game