Hi Folks,
I just got my copy of BG Boggle and did not know how to play, so I looked up
instructions on the internet.
I think the BG version does not have a time limit and you are just trying to
find as many words as possible, but the rest of the rules apply.
Boggle Rules
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggle
Boggle is a word game designed by Allan Turoff
and trademarked by Parker Brothers / Hasbro, Inc.
Rules
Play begins by randomizing a tray of 16 cubical
dice, by shaking. Each has a different letter printed on each of its sides.
The dice settle into a four by four tray such that only the top letter of
each cube is visible. After they have settled into the grid, a three-minute
timer is started and all players simultaneously begin the main phase of
play.
Each player searches for words that can be constructed from sequentially
adjacent letters. Adjacent includes horizontally, vertically, and diagonally
neighboring letters.
Words must be at least three letters long, may include singular and plural
(or other derived forms) separately, but may not use the same letter cube
more than once per word.
The players record all words found by writing on their private sheets of
paper. After three minutes have elapsed, all players must
stop writing and the game enters the scoring phase.
Note that one cube is printed with Q U. This is because
Q is (almost) always followed by U in English words
. If there was a 'Q' in Boggle, it would have to appear next to a 'U' to be
usable. To give players a chance to use the Q more frequently,
Q U is provided
as a single letter tile. However, for the purposes of scoring 'QU' counts as
two letters: squid would score two points (for a five-letter word) but is
formed from a chain of only four cubes.
Each player reads off his or her list of discovered words. If two or more
players wrote the same word, it is discarded from all players' lists. Any
player
may challenge the validity of a word, in which case a previously nominated
dictionary is used to verify or refute the word. For all words remaining
after
duplicates have been eliminated, points are awarded based on the length of
the word. The winner is the player whose point total is highest. Any ties
are
typically broken by count of long words.
The National Scrabble Association
maintains an Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) that is suitable
for Boggle. This dictionary focuses on including all variant forms of all
words, up to eight letters in length. For words with multiple meanings, only
a single meaning is given to support the validity of the word. The OSPD is
now in
its fourth edition (OSPD4), which is widely available in book stores. Since
the third edition, the OSPD has excluded words that are racially offensive.
Word Length- Points
3 letters 1
4 letters 1
5 letters 2
6 letters 3
7 letters 5
8plus letters 11
Strategy
. Given the limited time, it is useful to memorize common sets of
anagrams
. For example, when one spots the word tea, one instantly checks for the
presence of eat, ate, and eta, rather than waiting to stumble across them
later.
. Before writing any words, one should scan the tray for the letter s and
the combinations ed, er, and ing. Being aware of the possibilities often
allows one to find words in groups. For example, the word head can lead to
heads, headed, header, headers, heading, and headings.
. Other useful combinations include ier, est, iest, able, ible, less, ness,
ight, tion, and many others.
. In a game of many players, it is relatively less beneficial to hunt for
common words, because only unique words count. At times two players with
long lists of common words will wipe each other out, handing the victory to
a third player with a short list of unusual words.
Trivia
. Using the sixteen cubes in a standard Boggle set, the list of longest
words that can be formed includes Inconsequentially, Quadricentennials, and
Sesquicentennials, all seventeen letter words made possible by Q and U
appearing on the same face of one cube.
----- Original Message -----
From: "djc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:17 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Fwd: Release of BG Boggle 1.0
This just came in.
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On 10/3/2006 at 10:55 AM Ian Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Ian Humphreys from Spoonbill Software here. You are receiving this email
>because you have previously requested a Blind gamers game. This is to
>announce the release of Blind gamers Boggle 1.0 - BG Boggle for short.
>
>BG Boggle is the accessible version of the popular word game where you
>make as many words as you can from the sixteen letter cubes arranged in a
>four by four grid. It is suitable for both blind and visually impaired
>players, and like all Spoonbill games in the Blind gamers series, it is
>self-voicing.
>
>With BG Boggle, you can generate random games, or enter a game manually.
>Manual entry is useful if you are playing with a sighted friend who is
>using a regular Boggle set. You can also save your game to resume later.
>
>If you would like to try a copy of BG Boggle, just email me at:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>If you do not want to be informed of future Blind gamers releases, let me
>know and I will remove you from my mailing list.
>
>Regards
>
>Ian Humphreys
>
>Spoonbill Software
>
>Albany, Western Australia.
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