Your Tags:	Add tags Tags (separate by space):
Popular Tags:	word [+] word-game [+] 3-player [+] 4-player [+] deduction [+] My_unplayed_games [+] owned_as_a_child [+] home [+] Trade_Loot [+] played [+] [View All]

Plays:

Record a Play

Board Game Rank: 2939

Fans: 1

Submit Corrections

Customize View

RSS Feed
GameID: 2060

	Information

Browse 30 Images »

Slideshow


Designed By	(Uncredited)
Art By
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
Mechanic
Primary Name	Probe
Alternate Names	Check
Expanded By	Show Expansions »
Families

	Description Edit \| History

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.

	More Information Edit \| History

This page does not exist; you can edit this page to create it.

BGG Marketplace

[Browse »] [Sell »]

Pg. 1

Good	$4.00	6-Jun-2009
Very Good	$7.00	20-Apr-2009
Good	$10.00	19-Nov-2008
Good	$5.00	2-Mar-2008
Good	$10.00	10-Jun-2007
Good	$8.99	17-Mar-2007
Good	$9.95	13-Sep-2006

		Browse \| Add Recent \| Ending \| Fixed Price \| Complete	Pg. 1 »

Probe - 1982- Factory Sealed NEW - Amazing Find	1h 1m	$ 49.99
1964 Parker Brothers Probe Game in blue box Unique	1d 19h 23m	$ 9.99
Vintage Parker Brothers Probe Word Game	2d 3h 56m	$ 26.87
Probe board game 1964 edition (Parker Brothers) used	7d 18h 21m	$ 15.70
Probe board game 1964 edition (Parker Brothers) used	7d 18h 21m	$ 13.46
1964 Parker Brothers PROBE - Complete and MINT!!	7d 3h 10m	$ 10.99
Vintage Probe Game of Words Parker 100% 1964 GUC	9d 2h 9m	$ 8.88
VINTAGE PROBE CARD GAME	8d 18h 20m	$ 5.95
PROBE GAME VINTAGE 1982	13d 19h 8m	$ 9.99
PROBE Game of Words Parker Brothers 1974 COMPLETE	14d 1h 3m	$ 16.99

Images	Gallery: All \| Game \| People \| Creative	Hot \| Recent
[Browse »] [Upload »]		Pg. 1 of 2 »

Forum	Hot \| Recent \| Active
[Browse »] [Post »] [Search »] All \| Reviews \| Sessions \| General \| Rules \| Strategy \| Variants \| News	Pg. 1/1

3	Reviews Review of the Two Player Rules for the No-Fun Crowd	2008-10-14	Friendless	2
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	4
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

	Recommendations

Standard Recommendations
Sorry!	Guesstures	Upwords	Outburst
Razzle	Oodles	Stage II	Password
Inklings	Rack-O	Sharp Shooters	Touring
Anybody's Guess	Split Second	Careers	Pathfinder
Quizzard	Go To The Head Of The Class	Waterworks	Wordsters
Concentration	Pit	Masterpiece

Weak Recommendations
Pictionary	Mille Bornes	Tribulation	Boggle
Trivial Pursuit	Othello	Twixt

Very Weak Recommendations
Scrabble

Files		Title \| Hot \| Recent
[Browse »] [Upload File »]		Pg. 1 of 1

No Files Found.

GeekLists		Title \| Hot \| Recent
[Summary »]		Pg. 1 of 12 »

453	Games Where Some Guy Just Totally Flipped Out	2006-08-31
144	Best Game Story Ever Told (GG contest) and the winners are....	2007-06-13
111	Thrift store games you buy just for the components	2006-05-18
103	The Original (1980) Games 100 - 25 years ago	2006-07-11
101	In Memory of My Grandmother -- Elma Louise Breaux (1921-2006)	2007-01-25
98	Games Explained in The Spiel	2009-04-21
87	Dr. Gamelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Meeple	2007-09-18
87	Boy, did I misunderstand the name of this game!	2008-11-04
81	Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 15 - 21 June 2009	2009-06-15
79	Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 18 May - 24 May 2009	2009-05-18

	Statistics

User Rank:	2939
Num Ratings:	347
Average Rating:	5.82
Standard Deviation:	1.44
Num Views:	19871
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	1.6
Fans:	1

Personal Comments:	183
Users Owning:	611
Users Wanting:	2
Users Trading:	82
Has Parts For Trade:	3
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	422
Plays This Month:	2

Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game	[Submit Corrections »]
Sort: Name \| Rank \| Ratings \| Average \| Weight \| Owned \| Prev. Owned \| Trading \| Wanting \| Wishlist \| Comments \| Year Published	Pg. 1 of 1

No Items Found

Web Links	Sort: Recent \| Title
[Add Link] [Propose Default] [Browse]	Pg. 1 of 1

The rules on Central Connector	http://www.centralconnector.com/GAMES/probe.html	2001-11-02
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 (Aardwolf/D'Antiques)	http://www.aardwolfgames.com/rules/airline/index.p...	2001-11-02
French rules in PDF (Hasbro) (scans only, not text)	http://www.hasbro.com/instruct/Probe(French).pdf	2001-11-12
Rules in PDF (Hasbro) (scans only, not text)	http://www.hasbro.com/instruct/Probe(1982).pdf	2001-11-12
1977 Version Rules - No Alphabet Cards version - Hasbro.com	http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Probe(1977)....	2006-03-15

	User Information

Add a copy to your collection

Record information

Record a play

Use this tool to rate games, save comments, and manage your collection.