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Designed By	(Uncredited)
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Published By	Parker Brothers
Year Published	1964
# of Players:	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4 players (4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Deduction Word
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Primary Name	Probe
Alternate Names	Check
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Players try to guess each other's hidden words. An activity deck spices things up a bit by altering scores or revealing letters. No player is left out of the game because even if their word is revealed they continue to guess opponent's letters and score points.

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Very Good	$6.95	14-Nov-2009
Very Good	$7.00	20-Apr-2009
Good	$10.00	19-Nov-2008
Good	$5.00	2-Mar-2008
Good	$8.99	17-Mar-2007
Good	$9.95	13-Sep-2006

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	3d 27m
	4d 2h 26m
	28d 16m
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15	Reviews Review of the Two Player Rules for the No-Fun Crowd	2008-10-14	Friendless	4
0	Rules Spelling a guessed word wrong?	2008-08-03	GoldFox7478	3
3	Sessions A 5-Player Game With My Young Kids. A Surefire Win for Dad?	2007-11-22	fehrmeister	3
14	Reviews Probe -- Play Hangman Instead?	2006-07-19	happyjosiah	5
0	Rules Rules for Probe?	2006-01-22	Bruce Linsey	5
1	Sessions Session Report	2005-04-28	Styro	0
0	General Two different forms, with cards and without...	2004-03-01	snarke	0
0	General	2002-10-29	fmoros	0

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103	In Memory of My Grandmother -- Elma Louise Breaux (1921-2006)	2007-01-25
88	Boy, did I misunderstand the name of this game!	2008-11-04
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Board Game Rank:	3138
Num Ratings:	364
Average Rating:	5.79
Standard Deviation:	1.45
Num Views:	22580
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.6
Fans:	1

Personal Comments:	192
Users Owning:	665
Users Wanting:	2
Users Trading:	85
Has Parts For Trade:	3
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Total Plays:	445
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1977 Version Rules - No Alphabet Cards version - Hasbro.com	http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Probe(1977)....	2006-03-15
Rules in PDF (Hasbro) (scans only, not text) (PDF seems damaged; has only the second page, in French)	http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/probe.pdf	2003-11-26
Rules in PDF (Hasbro) (scans only, not text)	http://www.hasbro.com/instruct/Probe(1982).pdf	2001-11-12
French rules in PDF (Hasbro) (scans only, not text)	http://www.hasbro.com/instruct/Probe(French).pdf	2001-11-12
The rules on Central Connector	http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/probe.html	2001-11-02

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