But really these are small criticisms. The beauty of When in Rome for me is two fold. Firstly it broadens the appeal of Alexa beyond listening to music (which is, let’s face it, what most of us still use it for). When a team gathers three points, they may turn over two cards from the multiple cards that will be laid out in front of them. There are matching cards hidden within these and it is up to you to find the matching pairs. Once found, keep hold of those cards as the team with most amount of rhyming pairs at the end of the game will be the winner of Obama Llama! The game ends when all of the Rhyming Pair cards have been paired up. The team with the most are crowned champions and have permission to arrange an open-top bus parade in their home town. Tempa Tsering, right, the chief representative of the Dalai Lama in Delhi, speaks to the media alongside his wife, the Dalai Lama’s sister Jetsun Pema. Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images Pros: Really good fun, have to use your creativity especially when acting out some of the cards, good for all ages!

My other concern is that there are not many cards available in the box if playing multiple games with the same people. After a handful of plays with the same audience the rhymes become easily identifiable for the simple reason that you can remember what is on the cards. I'm sure that the game publishers, Big Potato, are aware of this and are no doubt preparing for a card expansion to refresh the gameplay. Final Thoughts on Obama LlamaFor describe cards, you simply need to describe the phrase without using any of the words featured in the phrase. With act cards, your team can see the celebrity on the reverse of the card whilst you do your best to act out what the celebrity is doing. For example Orlando Bloom using a broom. Personally, the easiest cards for players with little celebrity knowledge are the solve it cards. These cards just feature sentences which are read out. Your team just has to guess the rhyming phrase from the sentence alone. One member of the team draws a pink card and reads the clue on the card to their teammates. (Not the rhyme in italics!) Their teammates now have to yell out possible rhyming solutions. The possible scrutiny of Tibetan spiritual and government leaders points to a growing awareness in Delhi, as well as in western capitals, of the strategic importance of Tibet as their relationships with China have grown more tense over the past five years. Maybe it’s the fact that board games seem to go on forever. Or maybe there was always something more interesting to do instead. However, as I’ve got older I’ve started to appreciate the simplicity of a good board game, particularly Trivial Pursuit (although I think it’s just that you get older you accumulate more trivia which makes you better at the game) It also highlights the growing urgency of the question of who will follow the current Dalai Lama, 86, a globally acclaimed figure whose death is likely to trigger a succession crisis that is already drawing in world powers. Last year the US made it a policy to impose sanctions against any government that interfered with the selection process.

India could have several motives for possible spying on Tibetan leaders but some in Dharamsala have concluded the question of succession may be a driving force. Naming successors to the Dalai Lama has sometimes taken years after the death of the title holder, and is usually led by the monk’s senior disciples, who interpret signs that lead them to the child next in line. I would assume that India would pay close attention to, for example, western officials coming to Dharamsala – I think they’d want to monitor that in detail,” said Prof Robert Barnett, the former director of the Tibet studies programme at Columbia University. “Perhaps, is the Dalai Lama asking them for asylum? I think that kind of concern would matter a lot to them.”Developed in 1944 by Anthony E Pratt, a musician from Birmingham, Cluedo was originally called Murder! That person now has to silently act out the three rhymes on the other side of the card in 30 seconds, with their teammates shouting out possible rhymes.

Whilst this game is a silly bit of fun, it is not without some flaws. Firstly, the cards are heavily biased towards modern culture and celebrities. For a modern audience, this probably wouldn’t be an issue, but if playing with all generations of your family it may result in a few blank expressions. With the correct audience, this game will be full of laughter at the random celebrity rhymes, but with the wrong audience you will have 30 seconds of bewildered silence each round.I started the feature saying that I didn’t much enjoy board games. Well, actually I think I’ve changed my mind. If, like me, your evenings consist mainly of sitting down in front of the TV with each member of the family staring at their own smartphone there is something quite compelling about doing something together as a family. Secondly because it is Alexa-based it can evolve over time with new types of questions – based on customer opinion – rather than you having to wait around for a new edition to come out. For every line of three you fill, you get to turn two Rhyming Pair cards. Fill two lines and get two attempts at matching up pairs. The artwork on the box and cards is very retro and light-hearted, which compliments the quirky nature of the game. All of the components fit nicely into the box and the overall manufacturing quality is high. The instructions are clear and easy to understand and we managed to get a game underway in about five minutes which was great. Gameplay Overview