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1974 Ranked #20,426

Word Wheel

This timed word game has players find hidden words by linking letters around a wheel and score unique discoveries. Longer words earn more, but any word found by more than one player loses its value.

Word Game Dice Rolling Series: bring-along games (Ravensburger)

Players

2-10

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.83

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.3/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 3.5/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Each player makes a list of all the hidden words which can be made from the letters in the wheel linked by straight lines. When time is up the lists are compared. Words which appear on only one list are scored. The longer the word, the greater the score.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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Category

1
Word Game

Mechanism

1
Dice Rolling

Family

1
Series: bring-along games (Ravensburger)

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2–10
Best with
2
Age
10+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Tom Werneck

Artists

1
Kreativbunker

Publishers

3
Heyne moses. Verlag GmbH Otto Maier Verlag

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