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May 16, 2021·Review·21:12·226·Watch on YouTube

REVIEW: A Little Wordy from Exploding Kittens, not a party game but a competitive 2-player word game

Tabletop Bellhop

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Watch “REVIEW: A Little Wordy from Exploding Kittens, not a party game but a competitive 2-player word game,” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Tabletop Bellhop on YouTube:

I was shocked to learn that The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens were publishing a non-party game. A Little Wordy is a very clever tile-based word game for two players. It rewards players for coming up with smart clues and not just for building the biggest words possible. A Little Wordy was designed by Matthew Inman who most of you probably know better as The Oatmeal. He’s also the artist for this game, which makes sense since The Otameal’s claim to fame is his very popular webcomic. Matthew is also the designer of Exploding Kittens, You’ve Got Crabs, Throw Throw Burrito, and other silly, take that style, party games all of which have been released under the Exploding Kittens brand. If you dig our content be sure to subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 and consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop. ******************** Description from the publisher: A Little Wordy is a fresh and clever take on the genre of tile-based word games. The game requires players to assemble a word from a set of tiles and keep that Secret Word to themselves. Both players then take turns trying to decipher each other’s Secret Word by paying for clues and hints with berry tokens. Whoever has the most berry tokens at the end, WINS! - It's not a game about having the mightiest vocabulary. It's a game about making clever choices. - It's highly replayable and every game is different. - Includes two dry erase birdy shields and two dry erase markers. - Illustrations from the creator of The Oatmeal. ******************** Links: Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop blog where you'll find more tabletop gaming content, including game and game night advice, reviews, and more: https://tabletopbellhop.com Check out our written review of A Little Word on the blog: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/little-wordy/ You can also check out our unboxing video of A Little Wordy here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pzamXb_tES4 Pick up your own copy of A Little Wordy (affiliates): US: https://amzn.to/3bKZq4W Canada: https://amzn.to/3xGculh UK: https://amzn.to/3xCogx7 ******************** Sign up for our newsletter to get a heads up about all of the content we release each week: https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.com Find us all over the web: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletopbellhop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop

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A Little Wordy

A Little Wordy

2021·Ian Clayman, Matthew Inman

Videos
11
Creators
9

Mostly reviews. A Little Wordy is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews and 3 how-to-play guides.

2 players
5 - 15 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About A Little Wordy, from BoardGameGeek:

From the award-winning, best-selling creators of Exploding Kittens and Throw Throw Burrito, A Little Wordy is a fresh and ridiculously clever take on the genre of tile-based word-unscrambling games. Here's how it works: You're each given a pile of letters. Rearrange your letters until you come up with a word. Be sneaky and choose a word that your opponent won't easily guess. Write it down, keep it a secret. Rescramble your tiles, pass them to your opponent. The goal is to examine your opponent's tiles and try to figure out their word. You do this with Clue Cards. These tell you things such as: what's the first letter, how long's the word, or what does it rhyme with? You win by using as FEW of these clue cards as possible to figure out what word your opponent wrote down. It's thoughtful, strategic, highly-replayable, and built specifically for two players. It's not a game about having the mightiest vocabulary - it's a game about making clever choices. The longest, most complicated word isn't always the best choice. Sometimes, picking a smaller, common word is better because your brainiac opponent will overthink things and blaze right past it. Trying to figure out your opponent's secret word can be both hilarious and (delightfully) maddening. A Little Wordy levels the playing field against veteran word wizards. -description from publisher

Designers

Ian Clayman, Matthew Inman

Publisher

Exploding Kittens

Categories

Word Game

Mechanics

Deduction
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