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Speed Dice

crossword with dice

Once again a game about making up words, this time with the help of letter dice. Each player has eight letter dice of one color, all dice carry letters and also a combination, „ch“, and there are also two smileys on the dice.

All  players simultaneously roll their eight letter dice and then try to form one word or a crossword layout with seven of the eight letters. Each die in the layout must touch another die with at least one side. A smiley symbol can be used for any other letter. All words in a dictionary are acceptable, and also all names and established abbreviations; in case of a controversial word it is sufficient when one of the players accepts the word as valid.

When you have formed a word or crossword, you throw the remaining eight die into the bowl and thus end/win the round. When more than one player finish first, the winner is the player whose die is below all others; the bowl has a very clever small dent at the bottom so that the first arriving die always falls into this dent and is clearly identified.

When the word/s of the player who finished first are accepted and correct, this player takes the trophy disc and puts it down, silver side up. When another player wins the next round, he puts down the disc for himself, again silver side up. If you currently hold the disc, silver side up, and win a round, you turn the disc over to the golden side. When you hold the disc, golden side up, and win a round, you instantly win the game.

A game typical for Haim Shafir – attractive, works well, is simple and is fun! An ideal game for all fans of fast word formation games.

Players: 2-4

Age: 10+

Time: 15+

Designer: Haim Shafir

Artist: Markus Wagner

Price: ca. 16 Euro

Publisher: Amigo Spiele 2016

Web: www.amigo-spiele.de

Genre: Dice, word forming

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Easy rules

Plays quickly

Fast, simple scoring

Lots of fun to play

Compares to:

All word forming games with given letters

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 2

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0