Table feel
Moderate interaction with some strategic depth, but minimal cooperation required.
Boggle
Players
1-8
Time
?-?
Age
8+
Weight
1.47
Rating
6.22
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
1.3
Low interaction
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.2
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Boggle offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds some additional content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game also offers deep strategic possibilities, allowing players to improve their tactics and strategies over time. The player interaction score is standard. Boggle scales well with different numbers of players, maintaining its appeal and balance. The game is moderately easy to learn, providing a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Boggle has a strong replayability score of 7.95 out of 10.
Luck profile
Boggle has a moderate influence of luck. While random elements like dice rolls play a notable role in determining the game outcome, players have a substantial ability to mitigate luck through strategic decisions and planning. The game relies on a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with player decisions playing a significant role in the final outcome.
Overview
Boggle is a timed word game in which players have 3 minutes to find as many connected words as possible from the face up letters resting in a 16 cube grid. When the timer runs out, players compare their lists of words and remove any words found by multiple players. Points are then awarded for remaining words, depending on how many letters are in the word. (In the original Boggle, all words must contain 3 or more letters to score points.) An example grid given in the French Canadian rules (of Deluxe Boggle) holds an amazing 459 words! A number of variants have been produced by Parker Brothers over time, including Big Boggle (which uses a 5×5 grid of letters and forces players to search for longer words). Boggle is a word dice game.
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Credits
Designers
2
Bill Cooke
Allan Turoff
Artists
1
(Uncredited)
Publishers
4
Alga
Basic Fun, Inc.
Borras Plana S.A.
Brite Power International Ltd