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2027Brad Brooks, Erin McDonald, Christian Strain
- Videos
- 18
- Creators
- 15
Some reviews
1 - 4 players50 - 200 minHeavy weight
Letter Tycoon
2015Brad Brooks
- Videos
- 20
- Creators
- 14
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Letter Tycoon is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 9 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 4 other videos.
2 - 5 players
30 - 45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Letter Tycoon is the word game for 2-5 capitalists! In the game, players take turns forming a word using a seven-card hand and a three-card community card pool, scoring money and stock rewards based on their word. Players may use their earned money to buy one letter "patent" in the word they make. In the future, whenever another player uses one of your owned letters on their turn, you earn money from the bank. Letters that are used less frequently have special abilities, increasing their power. When enough of the alphabet has been claimed, players finish the current turn, then score all money, stock and letter patents owned. Create the most valuable empire and you can become the letter tycoon!
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Which Letter Tycoon video should I watch?
Letter Tycoon has 20 videos from 14 creators: 9 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs and 4 other videos. They date from 2015 to January 2021.
To learn the rules, start with "Letter Tycoon Runthrough - Gen Con 2015" by KSR Funkhouser, which runs 4 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Letter Tycoon Review - with Tom and Zee" by The Dice Tower. 7 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Bower Plays #19: Letter Tycoon 2 Player" by Bower's Game Corner, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Whisperwood, Rise of Tribes, Rise of Tribes: Beasts & Bronze and Rise of Tribes: The Vul'Keth Invasion, also by Brad Brooks. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2015.
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2020Brad Brooks
- Videos
- 1
- Creators
- 1
Unboxings
2 - 4 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
2020Brad Brooks
- Videos
- 1
- Creators
- 1
Unboxings
1 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
About Letter Tycoon
From BoardGameGeek:
Letter Tycoon is the word game for 2-5 capitalists! In the game, players take turns forming a word using a seven-card hand and a three-card community card pool, scoring money and stock rewards based on their word. Players may use their earned money to buy one letter "patent" in the word they make. In the future, whenever another player uses one of your owned letters on their turn, you earn money from the bank. Letters that are used less frequently have special abilities, increasing their power. When enough of the alphabet has been claimed, players finish the current turn, then score all money, stock and letter patents owned. Create the most valuable empire and you can become the letter tycoon!
Designer
Brad Brooks
Artists
Mackenzie Schubert, Peter Vaughan
Publisher
Breaking Games
Categories
EconomicWord Game
Mechanics