Quiddler
by SET Enterprises Inc.
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Toys and Games Reviews of Quiddler
Customer Review: A game you can play daily and not get sick of!
Summary: 5 Stars
This has become a ritual at our house. Every schoolday morning since my son was 7 (he's now 10) we've made it part of our routine to play a game while we're eating breakfast and waiting for the bus. QUIDDLER has become the game of choice, replacing chess. (He's gotten bored with that since I can't beat him anymore!)
The beauty of this game is that we can get in one or two hands on some mornings, and seven or eight on others. Either way, we canb easily pick up where we left off the next morning. Also, becasue it awards bonuses for longest word and most words, the size of your vocabulary isn't always an asset. My son has won many games with his vocabulary; he steals the "most word bonus" with 3-4 letter words while I'm trying to get the right letter(s) to spell "combustion" or some other long word!
Buy it today; you won't be disappointed!
Customer Review: Best Family Word Game Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always loved Scrabble, but friends and family members wouldn't play it with me (due to my highly competitive nature!).
Quiddler is WONDERFUL!!! It gives a much more level playing field than Scrabble: no bonus spaces, no advantage in following an inexperienced player (who is more likely to open up bonus spaces), no security in having a point lead at the end of a round. Plus, it's easy to learn, and, because there are situations where using multiple short words rather than one long word can win you more points, younger players without an extensive vocabulary can actually compete against older players without being handicapped. It plays quickly, even though there are eight rounds in a game. (And it's very inexpensive!)
I strongly recommend this game for fun, and for the increase in vocabulary skills for those playing it.
Customer Review: This is fun and yet messes with your head in a great way!
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter and I have played this game over and over since we got it. You never know what will come up. You may be ahead and wham! It's fast or take your time. You can teach the young children to think about things before they act and us older...really older..ha causes you to have to take another look and think before you act as well. I usually do not play games but this is just different. Without giving it all away this game brings you out dormat and works your brain yet doesn't tax you and not want to play anymore. It will without a doubt help you with your young ones to process and think on many age levels and still have fun with it. If you could have only seen the hands I was dealt...I would think...Oh good grief...no use! But sure enough it begins to build right before your eyes and wow...I've got something! Cool!Customer Review: Do you know the word 'pelf'?
Summary: 5 Stars
That's one of the more obscure words that has helped me win a game of Quiddler - but I've also been creamed by twelve-year-olds with a sense of strategy. Quiddler is a bit like Scrabble with cards; having a large vocabulary does help, but winning also depends on the luck of the draw and cleverly combining letters for the highest possible score. I'd recommend Quiddler for kids ten and up and also for all your wordsmithing adult friends.
Warning: games can get highly competitive and occasionally quite silly. Quiddler also travels well (camping, plane trips, hotel stays), but you should bring a pocket dictionary as well (to settle the thats-not-a-word disputes). Lots of fun, edifying as well - one of the few games that will get everyone feverishly looking up words in the dictionary.
Customer Review: Surprisingly fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is really a blast! Imagine a cross between gin rummy and Scrabble, and this is somewhere in there. Each player gets five cards, and you try to make words by discarding and drawing new letter cards. The next round, you have six, then seven, etc. Our family played this with a 10-yr-old being the youngest player who needed no help from anyone else. Trying to make words out of the letter combinations can lead to silliness, which is part of what made it so fun for us. The cards themselves are beautifully decorated with gothic-style lettering. It can be educational, too, if adults playing with kids take time to explain the meanings of words they made. This is also a game that is small enough to take on trips, and could be played in the car. We're really happy that we bought this game!