Ghost is a classic word game wherein one player provides a starting letter, the other adds a letter, and so on until either player completes a word, or one player challenges the other, claiming that the sequence so far is part of no legal words. A variant, Superghost, allows for letters to be added to either the start or end of the existing sequence. The...
Ghost Wiry Dans's Electric Word Game consists of two interconnected word tracks. The word tiles are placed face up, so you can choose to spell any word, but the electronics in the game vary the turn order, so your opponent may be able to spell their word first, even if it's longer. The cover shows two small children, one of which has been possessed by a...
A hybrid of Uno and the word game Ghost. Players start with a hand of 5 cards, mostly letters, and in a turn a player may do one of: Add a letter to the row(s) of cards on the table. Each row of cards is supposed to be a portion of a valid word. Challenge the previous player to name a valid word for each row. Play a specialty card. Draw a card. The first...
Giant Word Game has 100 large durable plywood letter tiles, 10cm x 10cm, suitable for playing on the floor or outside on the lawn. The rules are minimal. Players each draw a number of tiles, then the 2 blank tiles are added back and the remainder are spread face down. Then players "race to complete the biggest word first". Filling in the rest, presumably:...
Players have to play their cards to the board in such an order that they would form a reasonable sentence. If anyone plays such a card that it turns the sentence unreasonable you could challenge that particular play. The player that played that card must now tell you what the sentence means. These clever explanation/context/twists are where the fun starts....
Listen to clues to guess who, what, when, where, how and why. Your team only has 1 minute to guess them all! To make it even more challenging, you must remember the words you guessed so you can write a funny Gibberish story. The better your team, the more points you earn. The hilariously competitive guessing / memory / storytelling / beat the clock game is...
You’ve been invited to a party where everyone’s dead. You’re having a great time when you suddenly realise… you’re dead too! The only way to get back to life is to appease the God of Life. The God of Life seeks sacrifice, but not of the physical kind. You must speak witty sentences and entertain for your passage home. Letters appear before you, made from...
Gift Words is a friendly but challenging word rummy game. When one player adds a letter to another player's word, they both score. There is also an advanced version where players get replacement letters when they expand words or make long words for themselves. The basic and advanced games are for 3-6 players. There are additional rules for solitaire, and...
A judge draws cards to help inspire a fictional character. One card gives the first letter of the character's name, the other card gives the first letter of a profession, species, or other descriptor. Then, 2 more cards are drawn. Everyone else thinks of a 2-word ‘gift’, starting with one letter from each card. Whilst people are thinking of gifts, the...