Boggle
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Boggle
Customer Review: One of my all-time favorite games!
Summary: 5 Stars
My grandmother bought Boggle for the family over twenty years ago, when I was in elementary school. We loved it, both kids and adults (I still own a copy), and played it often. My grandmother and her friends continued to play it even after we grew up: her original set was with her "game night" stuff when we sorted through her estate! (And it was still in good shape, too, though obviously much-played.)
Of course, Boggle is highly educational (especially spelling and vocabulary); it's a lot like a word find puzzle. But in Boggle, the letters don't have to be in a straight line. This encourages players to look at things in different ways, which of course helps with problem-solving skills.
More than being educational, Boggle really is fun. It's suitable for families or for all-adult groups. "Grown-ups," of course, will have an easier time finding words; the scoring takes this into account, though, so kids have a fair chance. The timed rounds keep the pace up, and at three minutes per round, it's easy to play a quick game or turn it into a marathon session.
One cool feature of Boggle is that only unique words count towards your score, so it's a race to find long, unusual words or words in unusual configurations. (Adults can get QUITE competitive!) The only drawback: shaking the cubes into place is VERY noisy, so don't play it while the youngest family members are asleep.
Customer Review: Pathetic dictionalry or words
Summary: 2 Stars
This is hard to rate. It is certainly, by viture of its speed, better than the physical board game. Ufortunatly the weakness of its dictionary is so bad that is is hardly worth having. The dictionary is limited in absolute terms but more disturbingly, it seems to carry an aswful ethnic/cultural bias. As the ommisions to the included dictionary can certainly not be laid at the foot of the dictinary they claim to use, the ommsions of things like tao, odin, leo, etc, seem to indicate a degree of editing that goes far beyond censoring naughty words. I won't even go into the odd selection of worlds of foreing origen that are accepted vs those that aren't or proper names etc. As a parent, this is one of the few games that I have had to spend more time explainging to the kids that they are smarter than the writers than any other.
As bas as this is, the worst part comes when you try to exit and the game insists upon showing you game credits before returning comtrole of your computer to you. When I first whent to shut this game down, ( disgusted that it didn't recognized tao, a religion held by hundereds of millions of people, as a word) the computer then becgan to show a list of credits I could not figure out how to turn off. Perhaps I am not technogolically sophisticated enought, but this latter fact is the reason that I will never willing buy another of hasbros products.
Customer Review: Fast Passed, A Lot Of Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I have played this game for years. It is a lot of fun but my friends got tired of it. I love the fast passed action, which to me is less boring than scrabble, but not everyone thinks so. If you like scrabble you should enjoy this game. Finding with whom to play is a different story. If you are a parent do not hesitate to purchase this game for your child. I recommend having a scrabble dictionary close by. If you do you will find out in no time that most of your made-up words DO exist. And since you do not get penalties for them try as many as you wish.
The game is simple. You shake the letter cubes and when they are all in place you try to make as many words as possible by following a continuous path through adjacent letters in the rack. (Diagonal counts as adjacent) The path need not be straight, but each letter in the path can only be used once. You have three minutes (sand clock included) to do so. Only words that are three letters or more are permitted.
You can't go wrong with this game, plus it is not expensive. It's worth a try.
ADVANCED PLAYERS: If you look around you might find Boggle Master. That edition has a 5x5 grid and 9 more letter cubes. You still have three minutes (and the grid is as noisy as ever) but you can make a lot more points in this one. Happy hunting and good luck.
Customer Review: Boggle is Boggleicious!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've played Boggle before, but it wasn't until I got a severe thrashing in a Boggle game by the woman who would eventually turn out to be my girlfriend back in December that I really respected Boggle as the awesome game that it is. Ever since that game, I have been practicing, learning new words, exercising my mind by reading things backwards and everything else I can thing of to get better becasue some day I will just have to win at Boggle. Some day - of course I delayed that day considerably by buying her an unabridged dictionary for her birthday... (oops!)Anyway, Boggle will surely improve your vocabulary as you argue with your opponents over whether or not that combination of 3 or 4 letters is really a word. You will learn to write legibly lest you lose critical points. You will learn a systematic way to scan the board for words, becasue a true Boggle Master will crush you without mercy if you randomly search for words.
I mean if the game is mentioned in a Beastie Boys song, it has to be good, right?
Don't take my word for it, give it a try. After all, if you don't like it, do what they showed us on King of the Hill and use it to smuggle contraband to your pals in prison.
Customer Review: Perhaps the best fast-paced game ever invented!
Summary: 5 Stars
Boggle is a fantastic game. It is most enjoyable and challenging when you play with others who are your intellectual peers. I love playing this with my brother (a lawyer), my dad (a geologist), my mom (who knows everything), and various and sundry other people. Turn the timer over and watch the pencils burn up the paper! Remember, you earn points only for words 3 letters long or longer, AND for words that no one else comes up with. A challenge? You bet!You can make all kinds of words from letter cubes that are adjacent to each other. It's also a great way to learn new words (mostly out of desperation). Be sure to keep a dictionary handy to check one another's word efforts. How about these that I picked up by playing the game: scree, scurf, jape, berm, and many more.
This is a great game for small get-togethers. The game can last one round or many, depending on the group.
This is also a fun game for children as well as adults. When children and adults both play, you can simply score adults vs adults and children vs children. Fun for everyone.
5 star game all the way! Affordable, durable, and endlessly fun!
Alan Holyoak