BuyWord (2004)

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Designer	Sid Sackson
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Publisher	Face2Face Games Gryphon Games
Year Published	2004
# of Players	1 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players (8 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Unplayable in another language (3 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Family Games (12 voters) [vote]
Category	Word
Mechanic	Set Collection
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Primary Name	BuyWord
Alternate Names	Buy Word
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BuyWord is a game of words with a twist. You pay good hard cash to buy your letters, then form a word to sell at a profit, if you can. Your payoff depends on the quantity and the quality of the letters in your word. BuyWord mixes basic mathematics, money management, and good old-fashioned word-building in a simple, yet elegant blend that keeps every player involved in every turn until the very end. BuyWord is the second game in the Sid Sackson Signature Series.

Won Games Magazine Game of the Year award in 2005.

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English second edition

Publisher: Gryphon Games

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Year: 2011

Product Code: 101059

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2.50 pounds

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Publisher: Face2Face Games

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Year: 2004

Size: 10.24 x 10.24 x 2.17 inches

1.66 pounds

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0	Variants Lots and turn order variants	2012-04-05	hemp	0
0	Strategy How do you make profit?	2012-04-03	hemp	5
6	Sessions Bananagrams lovers try out a old-but-new word game	2011-12-24	thepackrat	0
43	Reviews Ender's Comprehensive Pictorial Overview: Eat your heart out Cult-of-the-New! A deceased master designer brings us a living modern classic	2011-12-14	EndersGame	7
2	General Why would you ever want to play a word if you have 8 tiles or less?	2011-12-13	EndersGame	4
1	General Do you ever buy 5 letters?	2011-12-11	EndersGame	2
4	News BuyWord to Be Re-Released	2011-04-06	tgodel	1
21	Reviews What's this?!? A word game that isn't a ripoff of Scrabble or Boggle?	2010-01-28	Gnomekin	2
0	General Buy List	2009-01-22	badboybk	2
14	Reviews A Modern Classic	2008-12-24	Friendless	2

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BuyWord - Reglamento en castellano

Reglamento en castellano, ligeramente editado, basado en la edición de Gryphon Games.

hemp

2012-04-07

Letter Distribution.doc

Letter Distribution Scrabble-Buyword

zadmando

2005-07-29

buywordVF1.0.pdf

Régle francaise

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2005-01-18

PriceCards.pdf

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BeyondMonopoly

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Buyword Rules.pdf

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2004-11-12

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Board Game Rank:	1582
Family Game Rank:	438
Num Ratings:	573
Average Rating:	6.34
Standard Deviation:	1.34
Num Views:	38808
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.8
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	315
Users Owning:	738
Users Wanting:	29
Users Trading:	68 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	1259
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Game page (English) - Gryphon Games	http://www.freddistribution.com/control/product/~p...	2011-07-22
English review from Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/Fall04/buyword.htm	2009-09-22