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Octoverso

8 LETTERS FOR AN OCTO

Octo is a new word placement game with very clever details. The wooden blocks show the same letter on both sides and are notched at the bottom so that they can be easily set on the rack of the holder unit. This holder unit consists of a base and the rack, the rack carries the letters and can be turned 180 degrees. Each player begins the game with 11 letter tiles and 1 Joker tile. To start the game each player forms a word of four letters and places it on the rack, in alphabetical order, for instance HAND and RAIL. Now the rack shows HANDRAIL on one side of the rack and LIARDNAH on the other side of the rack. In turn players now form a word from their own letters in stock and with at least two letters from the left or right side of the rack. To make it easier you can turn the rack so that you can see the existing word in reading orientation. You slide in the necessary letters, for instance CARD for CARDHAND. Your opponent must pick up the letters that fall off the rack. If you form a valid 8-letter word you have created an Octo and can put one of your letters back into the bag. As each player sees the stock of the other player, player A can name an Octo that player B has overlooked in his letters and put a letter back for this, too. B plays the word he originally wanted to play and the Octo named by A cannot be used again in the game. You could also make UNHANDRA and your opponent would have to take I and L. The joker can replace any letter, each word can only be used once.

A smashing and well-working new idea for a word placement game with lots of possibilities!

Spieler         : 2 or more

Alter            : ages 10 and up

Dauer           : ca. 45 min

Autor           : Laurence Alsac

Grafik          : First Avenue Communication

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 40 Euro

Verlag          : Envie de Joeur 2010

                     www.octoverso.com

Genre                    : Word placement

Zielgruppe             : For families

Language                        : fr

Rules                              : uk fr

In-game use of language   : yes

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Fascinating mechanism

Interesting possibilities

Elegant components

Simple rules

Vergleichbar:

Basically all word placement games, absolutely new in details

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