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1970 Ranked #17,914

?????? (polymath)

A word-building game has players form connected words from drawn letter tiles to score points on a bonus board. Every placement can open valuable spaces to opponents, so strong vocabulary must be paired with defensive positioning.

Family Games Word Game Hand Management Tile Placement Word Games: Spelling / Letters

Players

2-17

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.11

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Russian adaptation of Scrabble. Players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the gameboard.

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Russian adaptation of Scrabble. Players use their seven drawn letter-tiles to form words on the gameboard. Each word laid out earns points based on the commonality of the letters used, with certain board spaces giving bonuses. But a word can only be played if it uses at least one already-played tile or adds to an already-played word. This leads to slightly tactical play, as potential words are rejected because they would give an opponent too much access to the better bonus spaces. Online Play http://www.iggamecenter.com/ - igGameCenter (real-time)

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Play and group

Players
2–17
Best with
2–4
Play time
90 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
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(Unknown) Danko toys ?????

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