Boggle Folio
by Hasbro
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: HasbroBrand: Hasbro
Model: 40960
Product features:
- 2 or more players.
- Includes dome cover, deluxe letter cubes, scorepad, storage pocket and pencils.
- Ages 8 and up
Toys and Games Reviews of Boggle Folio
Customer Review: From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.com
Summary: 5 Stars
Boggle is a wonderful and easy-to-play word game that is suitable for players of all ages and skill levels. The box is small and easy to carry, making it a great game to take on road or plane trips. The game comes with a shakable dice tray and lid, alphabetic dice and a timer. All you need to provide is some sheets of paper and pencils.
Game play is very simple. Put the lid on the dice tray and shake it up. When the dice are all settled and the players are all ready, lift the lid and flip the timer. Every player now has three minutes to write down as many words as they can find that contain three or more letters. Words must be found from letters that are adjacent to or diagonal to each other on the board. The same letter cube cannot be used twice in one word. Plurals and verb conjugations count as words. Homographs or multi-definition words only count once.
After time is up, each player, one at a time, reads their list to the other players. Any word that is found on multiple lists is deleted from both of those lists. When everyone has figured out their non-matching words, they may now score their points. Points are scored by word length, as follows:
3, 4 letters: 1 point
5 letters: 2 points
6 letters: 3 points
7 letters: 5 points
8 or more letters: 11 points
Boggle strategy is similar to basic Scrabble strategy. In fact, Boggle can make for a nice warm-up game for Scrabble players, as finding words in a Boggle board is similar to finding words in a Scrabble rack. It's important to practice anagramming to become a successful Boggle player. It's worthwhile to spend your first few seconds of the game looking as the board and finding short but common prefixes and suffixes such as -s, -ed, -er, re-, de- and common letter combinations such as -sh-, -th-, -wh-, -ch-, etc.
It's important to remember to always write down both the plural and singular forms of a word, if they're available. It's a real bummer to discover during the list-reads that you've forgotten a 5-letter word just because you forgot to write the plural.
In any case, Boggle is a great game for a family game night or for travel.... you can take it anywhere (the folio edition is somewhat unneccessary, as the original box is pretty small and portable). No wonder it's such an enduring classic!
Description of Boggle Folio
Boggle your brain, at home or on the road. Take head-to-head word searching fun in first-class style in this all inclusive, soft-sided zipper case. The key features of Game Folio make it easy to play, simple to put away and snap to pack. A specially designed letter cube grid and dome cover softens the sound of shaking, allowing for quieter play anywhere. Plus, the built-in timer beeps softly and flashes changing colors of light to silently let you know how much time is left as you hunt for words.Game Folio Edition Boggle includes: zipper case, 16 letter cubes, grid and dome, four pads of paper, four pencils, built-in electronic timer and instructions. Requires 2 "AAA" alkaline batteries (included).
For 2 or more players.
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