Royalty is a word card game that combines aspects of Scrabble and Rummy. Players can build words from their hands as in Scrabble but may also steal other players' words to create different words by combining those letters with their own hand. The two 53 card decks are composed of red and black cards of equal frequency. The decks contain all the letters of...
RSVP is a word game played on both sides of an upright game board, resembling a vertical version of Scrabble, and, being 10 years younger as a game, possibly inspired by it. The object of the game is to form horizontal and vertical words by placing letter blocks in crossword fashion on your side of the board, while blocking the formation of words on the...
Test your language and logic skills: have fun while developing attention and concentration. Ruba Parola is the game of words connected in a logical sequence. Each player has three minutes to add a new word to the sequence of words on the board that is logically connected to the word at the top or the word at the bottom, and then to steal one that is in the...
A rummy-like word card game that was approved by the California Dept. of Education. The deck has 72 cards 68 cards with a letter and a value (2-9), and 4 jokers which act like wild cards. The basic game is Dealer's Choice: the dealer chooses how many to deal per player, and announces the winning condition, e.g. "Make one word using all 5 cards", "Make two...
Word Rummikub, with cards instead of tiles. Players use their hand of cards to make words Rummy-style. In addition to laying new words, a player may rearrange any word to make a new word with the same letters plus at least one new letter. Points are scored for words but if you have more than one word in front of you, only the longest counts (1 point per...
An early game of rummy with words. The deck has 78 letter cards -- the entire alphabet in each color (red, green, & blue). Each letter has a point value from 1 to 5, commoner letters with higher values. Deal 7 cards each for 6 or less players, 6 each for 7 players, 5 for 8 players, and turn up the top of the draw pile to start the discard pile. In a turn...
A word card game of the post-WW2 era. There are two letters on each card, of different colors, in opposite corners. The 52 cards make 4 complete alphabets: red A-Z paired with blue Z-A, and green paired with black. Each card also has a rank 1-13 (for A-M and Z-N), and the Morse code for each letter. Later editions also have 2 Universal wild cards. The...
A Bible-oriented word card game. The deck has 52 letter cards and 2 wild cards, with values ranging from 2 to 20 points -- the rarer, the higher. Deal 10 cards each if 2 play, 7 if 3 or 4, 6 cards if 5 or 6 play. In a turn, a player draws the top of the draw or discard pile, lays down a word or adds to an existing word or name from the Bible, and discards...
Rummy Roots is an educational rummy variant where players create melds by matching words with their Greek and Latin roots. It contains rules for four different game variants using the set of cards: 1. Pre-Rummy Roots: This is essentially a "Go Fish" game, where the roots are paired with their English equivalents. Whichever card the player has he/she needs...
There are 52 cards, each with a letter and a value between 1 and 10, plus two wild cards with value 0. Deal 9 cards per player, and turn up the top of the stock to start the discard pile. In a turn, a player draws 1 from either pile, lays down any words from his hand and/or lays off cards on existing words to make new words, and discards 1 card. The game...