A word game relating to verbal communication and word association. The present
invention comprises several six sided dice with letters, a six sided die with numbers,
a game board, 4 pawns, one or more timers, and a deck of cards. Each set of lettered
dice comprise 4 dice, each with six faces, each face thereof containing one letter
of the alphabet, covering the full 26 letter alphabet, excluding X and Z. 100 or
more cards are in the deck each card containing a title and sequentially numbered
answers. Each team is assigned a pawn to move about the board. The numbered die
is used to determine the number of spaces to move a pawn forward. A timer is used
to limit time during various turns. The board comprises spaces with colors, numbers
and indicia. The colors determine which teams are allowed to participate in a turn.
Each pawn color is represented on the board. As an example, the colors of the 4
pawns may be red, blue, green and yellow respectively. So, if a team lands on a
space with red and blue on it, they compete with teams having red and blue pawns.
The numbers on the board indicate which numbered answers are to be used. For example
if a team lands on a space with the number 3, then the 3rd answer on
a selected card is used. The object of the game is for a translator on each participating
team to describe answers to his teammates using only words that begin with letters
showing on the dice. As an example, the lettered dice are rolled and show C, L,
O, and P and the answer on a selected card is "Boston". The translators must think
of hints beginning with C, L, O, or P and convey the answer "Boston" to their respective
teammates; for example, the translators can say "city", "original colony", "Celtics
play" and so on, as long as each word starts with C, L, O, or P. Whichever team's
guessers say "Boston" first within the time limit win the turn. The goal is to
be the first team to reach the finish and successfully guess the final answer.
To add another level of challenge to the game, various spaces contain the phrase
"Challenge!" indicating that 2 correct answers must be guessed by a single team
within the standard time limit.
