This game is basically Scrabble. It might even be a precursor to the game or a take off on the original game. I'm not sure because on top of having no Publisher or Designer listed on the box, there is no year of publication listed either. The object is for each player to play out his letters by forming words to the crossword layout. Some differences from...
In Cross-Wordsmith players enter words into a grid. Unlike in most such games each grid space does not contain a letter but a section of a word: a prefix, root, or suffix. Many of the grid spaces are color-coded to show which of the three they must contain, while others can have any section. A list of allowable sections is provided; on their turn a player...
Two category cards are revealed. Players have three minutes to write answers that fit either category onto a Scrabble-like grid in crossword fashion. Players get one point for each word formed. A few squares in the grid, if covered by a letter, will provide additional points or other benefits. The winner is the player with the most points after five...
This is Crossed Words, the brain-bending party game of crazy categories and wackier words! At the start of the game, the board is populated with three column categories and three-row categories. This forms a 3 x 3 grid. Players will try to come up with answers that fit both of the categories that form one of the nine intersections on the board. Players...
Described as "A Game for the Black-Out", so that dates it to the early 1940's. It is for two players. Each player gets a board with a 5 x 5 grid on it. The first player selects a letter from the 250 provided and announces it. Both players must now write it into one of the 25 squares on their board. Then the next player draws a tile and both players must...
CrossTalk is the party game of subtle conversation in which two teams race to guess secret keywords. Each round, teams select a clue-giver, and those clue-givers are given knowledge of the same secret keyword. The goal of the clue-givers is to help their teammates guess this keyword before the other team. The round begins with both clue-givers writing a...
Crosswits is a crossword puzzle-based parlour game that may be played by two to eight people separated into two teams. Each team receives a blank crossword puzzle and the opposing team's completed crossword puzzle and clues. Teams alternate in giving and receiving clues in order to complete the crossword puzzles. The winning team is the team that completes...
Koplow's Crossword game consists of seven dice showing a variety of letters or blanks (wild letters) in two colors. On his turn a player rolls all seven dice, then makes words with the letters, crossword style, within an agreed upon time limit. Scoring is one point per letter used, however any complete word made using only one letter color scores two...
The object of this word game is to get rid of all your letters. Each player receives 10 letter blocks to start the game. On a turn, you must play at least 2, and no more than 4 of your letters to form a word. The word formed must connect to at least one word already played on the table (except the first word played). If you have no play, you must discard 1...