Palabra (1990)

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Designer	Jim Kondrick
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Publisher	Kondrick, Inc. Palabra Enterprises
Year Published	1990
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Card Game Word
Mechanic	Set Collection
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Primary Name	Palabra
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From the back of the box:

THE GAME IN A NUTSHELL

Cards with color-coded letters create crafty new ways to score.

Make words from cards of mixed colors
From cards all the same color (scores double)
With "straights" of three or more consecutive letters
With starred cards that double or triple the value of words
With "flushes" (five or more cards all the same color, no word necessary)
By "building" on words played by opponents
In other shrewd and wily ways
Get help from three wild cards that can be substituted for any letter or any color
Zap your opponent's big score with point-canceling "killer-card" (Joker)
Game ends when all cards are used. Highest total score wins.

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Palabra

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Palabra Enterprises "504 points, please!" red deck edition

Publisher: Palabra Enterprises

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Year: 2002

Product Code: RV17

Size: 11.88 x 5.00 x 1.25 inches

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Kondrick edition 1994

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Year: 1994

Product Code: 2475255555

Size: 5.20 x 11.88 x 1.38 inches

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Kondrick Edition 1990

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Board Game Rank:	3115
Num Ratings:	153
Average Rating:	6.21
Standard Deviation:	1.57
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.2
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Personal Comments:	70
Users Owning:	219
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Rules and card distro at 1st In Games	http://www.1stingames.com/rules/palabra/index.pdf	2011-03-06
Review at MajorFun	http://majorfun.com/2005/06/palabra.html	2009-02-24
Tom V.'s review on RPGnet. Detailed and useful.	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10513.phtml	2006-06-29
Game review at La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-08-22
Home page for Palabra	http://www.palabragame.com/	2003-01-02