LETTER GO
Hey there! Let me tell you about a super fun game called Letter Go. It’s all about scrambling to form words using the letters given to you. The goal is to target and capture the lowest ranking token, while claiming as many letters as possible. The more letters you collect, the more points you earn. Sounds exciting, right? But hold on, because there’s a twist – the rules of the game are always changing!
SETUP
When you start playing the game, each player will receive a whiteboard and a marker. We’ll need two decks of cards, one for consonants and one for vowels. Shuffle each deck and place them in the middle of the table. Now, let’s reveal the letters by putting the same number of vowel cards face-up on the table.
Next, deal two consonant cards to each player, but if there are three players, deal three cards to each player instead. To keep track of the game, place tokens on the table in ascending order, starting from 1 to 3 for three players or 1 to 4 for four players.
It’s time to introduce some rules! Take two rule cards and place them face-up so that everyone can see them. Remember, these rules apply to the first round only. As the game progresses, the rules will change, keeping things exciting. Oh, and don’t forget to have a timer ready for use.
Now that we have everything set up, it’s time to start playing!
Okay, let’s get started! First, grab your consonant cards and place them facedown under your white board. Make sure the letters are facing away from you so that the other players can’t see them.
Next, one player will flip the timer, and we’ll all reveal our cards at the same time.
Now comes the fun part! Using all the vowel cards displayed earlier and the consonant cards from the other players, we need to write words on our white boards. But here’s the catch: we can’t use our own consonant letters. Be creative and think of real English words that follow the rules!
Remember, each letter card can only be used once per round, and our words must be at least four letters long.
Make sure the words we form adhere to the rule cards that were revealed.
Once we’re done writing our words, we can grab a numbered token. The lower the number, the better!
If you spot that your word is not valid before the timer is up, you must give back your token, erase the word, and come up with a correct one. If you think the number on the returned token is better, you can quickly swap it with your own.
The round ends when the timer runs out.
THE COUNTING
Once the round is over, all players show their words.
The player to your left will check the validity of your word and see if it follows the rule card, as long as you were able to claim a token before the timer ended.
Alright, let’s talk about what happens when you play a word in this game. If your word is valid, you have to claim the letters that you used. The player with the lowest number gets to claim first, which means other players might not get all the cards they used if someone else claims them first. Once that’s done, the players can claim the remaining letters they need for their words.
End of the Round
Now it’s time to wrap up the round. Any unused or unclaimed letter and rule cards should be put back in the box. Make sure to clean your whiteboards so that they’re ready for the next round.
Finally, each player should take new consonant cards based on the number of players. This varies depending on how many people are playing.
When we play this game, I get the timer, you reveal the vowels, and the person with the worst-ranked token or no token at all picks two cards from the rule deck and decides which side to use in the current round.
Afterwards, we put all the tokens back in the middle of the table. Once everyone is ready, the person with the rule cards shows us what rules to follow, and the player with the timer starts the round.
We repeat this sequence four more times.
SCORING
After playing five rounds, we each add up our points and write our scores on our whiteboards to compare.
The consonant cards have stars above the letters, and the value of the card is the number of stars. Vowels don’t have any value.
The winner of the game is the player who has the highest score.
Game Over
Once everyone’s scores have been added up, the game is finished.
Hi there! My name is Bassey Onwuanaku, and I’m an Edugamer from Nigeria. My goal is to make learning more enjoyable for kids in my country. I have a special place where children can come and play educational games. It’s a cafe that I started with my own money. I really love children and board games, and I’m also passionate about protecting wildlife. Right now, I’m working on creating educational board games for kids.