http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18199 en-us Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:31 -0600 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:31 -0600 aldie@boardgamegeek.com BoardGameGeek features information related to the board gaming hobby game <br> <img src="http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic336133_mt.jpg"> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/336133 2008-05-25T08:48:19+00:00 swuyau Back of box <br> <img src="http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic292286_mt.jpg"> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/292286 2008-01-21T04:21:07+00:00 m_hamburg Box front <br> <img src="http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic292285_mt.jpg"> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/292285 2008-01-21T04:19:48+00:00 m_hamburg Robyn from All Aboard had picked up this fun kids spelling game which we got a chance to try on the 7th Feb 2006. <br> <br>Physically it consists of a series of cards with two spaces and one letter, and the letter applicator device. The device is loaded up randomly with two letters at a time until it is full. The device is then pushed down and the bottom two letters are displayed. The first player to make a word with those two letters and any remaining card, who then calls out the word and puts their hand on the card wins that round and keeps the card. <br> <br>For example, E and R are the letters revealed. A card with A in the middle space could be called as EAR, or a card with A at the end could be claimed as ERA. A card with D at the end could be called as RED, but <u>not</u> if the D was in the middle or begining (the position of the card letter is fixed, the two letters from the device are flexible). <br> <br>The two letters just used are discarded and the next two are revealed. Sometimes by consensus of all the players no word can be formed - just discard that two letter combination and try again. The winner is the player with the most cards gained when letters run out in the GNU device. <br> <br>The youngest player when we played was in her teens, and the average age of the rest was probably above 30, so there was a little reserve. With kids I'd imagine the slapping of cards <i>a la</i> Snap would be part of the appeal, as would be the letter device and GNU theme. I could imagine as a kid trying to make some four letter words or more to work with this game. <br> <br>So What's GNU is definitely worth a try for a family game that everyone can play with educational benefits (words like LAM and ELL provoked plenty of conversation in our game) that's also good fun. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/808462#808462 2006-02-17T10:22:37+00:00 Red Wine Pie <br> <img src="http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic89248_mt.jpg"> http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/89248 2005-08-15T18:13:10+00:00 Curious Games