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Boggle CD-ROM is a faithfully computerized and expanded version of the board (cube?) game, enhanced with new variations on the basic theme...
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Boggle CD-ROM is a faithfully computerized and expanded version of the board (cube?) game, enhanced with new variations on the basic theme of spelling words from a random assortment of cubes with different letters on each face and expanded to allow multiple players to battle each other across networks. Boggle 101: You and one or more of your literate friends stare at a 4x4 or 5x5 matrix of letter cubes. You all spend the next two minutes ferreting out and writing down what long and hopefully hard-to-find words can be spelled legally from the letters in the grid. To spell a word legally, you must by able to place a mental finger on its first letter and move your finger through the grid, traversing the letters that make up the word in order, and always moving from one letter to another that is adjacent to it, either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. After a couple of minutes of spelling words, all players stop and compare their lists, crossing out any words that appear on more than one p
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Dyslexics Untie!
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Pros: fun Fun FUN!
Cons: a little noisy
I'm convinced that I must be slightly dyslexic. How else could I do so incredibly well at a game that involves mixed up tiles needing to be ordered to make words quickly?
Note: This review is about the board game Boggle, not the PC game Boggle
What's great about Boggle?
It's a simple game, played with a small portable set of dice, an egg timer, and a pencil and paper. In this age of complicated board games, Boggle stands out as one of the least difficult to grasp.
It's fun for kids of all ages. Gee, I never thought I'd have occasion to use that cliche. It is true, however. I started playing in junior high school and haven't stopped enjoying it.
You can play with two people as easily as you can play with eight. In fact, as many people as you can cram around the board is your player limit.
What's not so great
Parents with small children, listen up: It's loud. Specifically, when you shake up the dice in their hard plastic container before beginning your game, be prepared for quite a racket. If you, like I, play after junior goes to sleep, muffle the shaker under a blanket or some pillows to avoid waking him up.
If you lose one die, you've lost a lot. Sure you can still play the game without one or two dice, but the board looks like a jack-o-lantern, toothless and incomplete. So try not to lose any dice. Oh, by the way, it's REALLY easy to lose dice.
It's addictive. Really addictive. And if you get good, you'll get a reputation for being a ringer and nobody will want to play with you (not that I have personally experienced this of course).
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