![]() So in many cases it’s just as well to use fewer tiles and spell a short word since you’ll get to flip all the tiles anyway. In this case, though, the number of tiles you can flip is limited by the length of your new word and the length of the word you’re attaching it to. For instance, usually it’s your goal to use as many of your tiles as you can, because then you spell a longer word and get more points. I found WordTov to be very intriguing, because it rewards different sorts of wordsmithing than I’m used to in Scrabble. You win if you have more tiles of your color showing. When both players pass consecutively, the game ends. ![]() There are a few restrictions: you can’t simply add “s” to make plurals, and you can’t add the prefix “re-” to a word if it just means to repeat the verb. If you’re able to make an anagram of a word on the board and all the tiles on the board still spell words, then you can flip over all of the tiles in that word. If you can use up all 8 of your tiles, you may place two words onto the board in different locations, and then flip over all of the tiles in words that you touch, regardless of how long they are. For each tile you use, you may flip over one tile in any of the words touching your tiles. ![]() On your turn, you play a word onto the board using any number of your tiles, connecting it somehow to a word or words already present (except, of course, on the very first turn). The goal of the game is to have the most tiles of your color on the board by the end of the game.Įach player gets a bag of tiles, and draws eight tiles and places them along the side of the board. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a game with the rules printed right on the box. The rules are pretty brief-in fact, they’re printed on the bottom of the box. That said, I do have to say that the tiles look pretty cool, and the bright colors made my kids come over and ask about the game. But also, I wondered why each player needs to start with a full bag of tiles-why not just have one big set as you do in Scrabble? That would eliminate the need for that plastic band (and sorting out tiles between each game). For one, there are other ways to make tiles that can be picked up-cutting the corners to make them octagons, for instance, so there’s a little space in between them. I think they definitely look really cool, but part of me feels like the pieces are a bit over-engineered. However, they’re fairly small tiles and since my hands are dry I found them a little slippery at times. The corners of the tiles are beveled so that you can press down on a corner to tip up the tile, and then pick it up to flip over. Each player starts with a full set of the same 62 letters plus 3 “WordTov” wild tiles, and that thin band is how you sort the tiles into the two bags. Sandwiched in the middle is a thin piece that’s either white or black. Each tile is double-sided, red on one side and blue on the other, with the same letter on each side. The plastic tiles themselves are pretty interesting, and you can see more about them on the Kickstarter page. (Unlike in Scrabble, your tiles are open information.) The WordTov tile, close-up. The edges are colored blue and red so that you can easily remember which color you are, and on opposite sides of the board there are eight squares for storing your letter tiles. The board itself is fairly simple: a 17×17 grid (with a logo in one quadrant). Note: The version I played is an advance copy, but the production quality is very nice and seems final, though I suppose things could still be subject to change. New to Kickstarter? Read our crowdfunding primer. You can play with younger kids as long as they can spell some words, but note that the area-control aspect means that it’s more complex than simply finding words you can make with your tiles. It’s currently on Kickstarter, and the basic pledge level for a copy of the game is $35. Your score isn’t based on which letters you use, but rather on which letters you own by the end of the game.Īt a glance: WordTov is for 2 players (or 2 teams), ages 8 and up, and takes about half an hour to play. Use your tiles to spell words, and then flip tiles over to your color. If you like variations on Scrabble, here’s one that has an interesting twist: WordTov is an area-control game that happens to use words as weapons.
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