Category: Words

Defenders of the Dictionary

I pre-ordered this … due April 2027.

Coop Game – can play as a one time one shot game (as many times as you wish) or as a 17 game campaign where players can come and go as part of the team (does not need the same number of players each time). It is like an adventure version of Scrabble… but with limited communication about what tiles you have (similar to “The Crew”)

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter
=> Tiles Available Checklist
=> Rules

=> Video playlist

Overview and How To Play (queued to a cute quote near the very beginning: “Basically, we are trying to defend good grammar and word usage”:)

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WordSpot

2 Players //  20 mins // Easy to learn and play

Like a page in a Word Search book … a grid of letters and you try to find words in a straight line up, down, left or right or even diagonal!

=> BoardGameGeek

=> Len’s half page Rule Summary (v2)

  • One of my games has 28 2×2 grid tiles and 60 translucent brown marker squares.
  • Another edition has 32 grid tiles

Make it a four player game? 32 tiles in one game plus 28 tiles in the other – 60 tiles. Instead of 4×4 with 16 tiles … 6×6 with 36 tiles … each player keeps the same number of markers to start the game (ie, 25 for each player – 26 for first player). Or perhaps two 4×4 grids (32 tiles) and you choose which one to find your word on. Or perhaps 5×5 grid (25 tiles) plus give each of the four players one grid (25+4=29 tiles) to place anywhere on any turn (just like gaining one by finding a word that has letters on 3 or more tiles)

A great quick look at dozens of Word Games (but NOT WordSpot):

And another TEN word games list (again, doesn’t include WordSpot though):

WordSpot game:

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Scrabble Up

This is a real time game in that it has a “timer” … which is the gimmick :) It is a small marble that rolls down the zig zag track – when it hits the bottom your turn is over:) While I DON’T like “timer” based games, I saw this game for $5 and got it just for the fun of it:) And you can play the whole game in about TEN MINUTES as well!

=> BoardGameGeek

=> Video Playlist

Interesting … he explains the rules clearly (they are simple) but then does not FOLLOW the rules himself! (smile). He was supposed to make a word that started with the letter N … so he used the word PEN. Umm… that starts with a P :)

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