The Open Word Game consists of several different games based around the idea of moving lettered pieces on an 8x8 board to form rules. There are 64 pieces in the set: two copies of each consonant and four of each vowel (including Y). (Since the Russian alphabet has 33 letters, in the original Russian version there are two of each letter except Ъ and Ь of...
Description from the designer: Optimo! is a fast-paced word game in which you have to be the quickest to find the best word with each round's setting. In each round, you have a combination of six cards with constraints (letter or lexical). These constraints can be a requirement (i.e. you must use the letter "E" or you must have six letters in the word) or...
Game description from the designer: Optimo+ is the reimplementation of Optimo! It contains the base game and an expansion for younger players (7+) with different cards and rules, but using the same mechanism. Optimo! is a fast-paced word game in which you have to be the quickest to find the best word with each round's setting. In each round, you have a...
This is an elaboration of the idea behind the traditional word game Ghost. The deck has 61 letter cards: one is dealt to the table as the key letter, and the rest evenly divided among the 2-6 players. On their turn, a player plays a card so that it adds to either a row or column of letters that include the key letter. The row or column played to must spell...
Gamebox: -How many new words can you find with the combination of the different letters? -What can you associate with the word abacus? -What words you can put together with the micro? -How many U.S. states you can count up? Choose the right path to your favorite topic and write so long as the sand is flowing in the hourglass. But remember, it's your fellow...
This letter tile game has been described as a mix between Tetris and Scrabble. 48 tiles are drawn in a random sequence and "dropped" into a slanted 7x7 playing field with the goal of creating as many and as long words as possible, horizontally and vertically. The 49th joker tile is available to be dropped at any time. After its original release, the game...
Orðabelgur is intended for 2-6 participants and suits people of all ages. This game encourages players to listen and think, be merry and be informed. The game offers contemplation, consideration, word-play and jest, and participants play with the Icelandic language in new ways. The vocabulary in the game covers a great number of Icelandic words, both old...