Upwords

My mum and I enjoy playing board games, and in particular like a game of Scrabble. So when we saw Upwords on sale in an outlet decided to give it a try as it's a similar premise, in fact I believe in the States at least it is called Scrabble Upwords. HOW TO PLAY After selecting 7 tiles, each player must choose a letter and the player closest to A begins. The first turn must cover at least one of the central red squares. Very Scrabble-like so far. However the difference is that for every word you play of one "layer" you get 2 points per letter, and those with several layers get one point per letter. You also get two extra ...  Read the complete review

To me, it feels like this game could have been made just a little better. I love the idea of stacking tiles on top of one another - it brings a new dimension to the classic Scrabble format. But this game differs from Scrabble in so many ways it can be frustrating. I should also say that the game never claims to BE Scrabble in 3D, I'm just drawing the comparison because I'm a huge Scrabble fan! The aim of the game is to create words using lettered tiles. Players place their tiles on the game board and score points for each letter in their word and bonus points for stacking their tiles on top of other players. For example, if the word "DOG" was already ...  Read the complete review

I have always enjoyed reading and spend most of the time not spent here with my head in a book. As a result, I have always enjoyed playing word games. From a very early age, I was introduced to Scrabble. My parents believed in getting me used to words as early as possible. When I got a bit older, I spent more and more time reading and the Scrabble board got put in the cupboard, not to be seen again for many years. For Christmas last year (2001), my mum bought me Scrabble for the PC, which I really enjoyed and it got me back into word games again. I remembered seeing Upwords in WHSmiths a few years ago and thought I would see if it was still available anywhere. ...  Read the complete review

Upwords is scrabble with a pretty damn cool twist - You can play in 3D. I was introduced to this game last year by my girlfriend and have enjoyed playing it ever since (especially when I win). It works like so: Every player (up to four) has seven letters to start and the person who reckons they can build the longest word goes first. Words which are placed directly onto the board, without covering other letters, count for double. So if the starting word is 5 letters it will get 10 points, unless it contains a 'difficult letter' like q,j,x or z when it counts twice. The player would then pick up another 5 letters to replace them. the instructions for ...  Read the complete review

If you've ever played Scrabble you have probably come across a situation whereby you can't find a word to put on the board but if only you could put one of your letters on top of a word that is aleady on the down, you could create a great word...well, in Upwords this is exactly what you can do! The game board and game play is very similar to Scrabble in that each player takes 7 letter tiles and the board is made up of squares where you have to place your letters to form words that interlink with the words that are already down on the board. Unlike Scrabble, the scoring is more simple with each tile counting as one point rather than different ...  Read the complete review