Lifts us up where we belong!!! (Hasbro Upwords)

Member Name: ross1979

Product:	Hasbro Upwords
Date:	04/10/01 (224 review reads)
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Advantages: Fun, Cheap , Quirky

Disadvantages: HAve to think

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 the game are well set out, and make this all clear.

The next player has the option of adding to the word in a manner similar to scrabble and utilise the double points option , or build on top of the word where each letter in the 'pile' counts for one point. The next player can then build on top of that and so on until the pile is five letters high. The beauty of this is that you can alter words by putting down just a couple of letters in the right places, or even a cheeky s at the end, and you get more points than the person who wrote the word before you.

As you may have guessed, the winner is the player with the most points at the end of the game. The end of the game happens when one player is out of letters or when everyone agrees that they cannot go. Each letter you are left with at the end takes 5 points off your score and the 'difficult letters' take 10 off. Yes, so its a good idea to get rid of those ones as early as you can!!! Depending on how many players you have, the game will take about one hour.

I think the price of the board game is around 20 pounds and there is a cheaper travel version available, which is just as much fun, if a little bit more fiddley. IN summary, I highly recommend this game to anyone, especially if you are a fan of wo
rd games. I think most people enjoy scrabble, but I find it a little boring, Upwords adds that little bit extra which makes it that little bit more fun. Just make sure you decide who is going to clean it up at the end before you start!!!

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