Pyramid Review
LetterFlip
Published by Out of the Box Publishing
Designed by Ruddell Designs, Matt Mariani, Mark Alan Osterhaus, Al Waller, & Ellen Winter
Graphics by John Kovalic & Cathleen Quinn-Kinney
Two letterflippers, card tray, 150 two-sided word cards plus divider cards, rules; $19.99
A lot of recent releases from Out of the Box Publishing have included plenty of gewgaws and seemingly unnecessary bits of equipment. While nice, these extras (a la Whad'Ya Know?'s bobble-head and Easy Come, Easy Go's dice cup) usually served only to boost the cost and not necessarily the playability of games that could already be satisfying enough in their own right. LetterFlip is one of their most impressive kits to date as far as gadgets, but this time it looks like the extras are well worth the price tag.
The object of the game is to be the first person to guess all four of his words.
The game comes with two letterflippers. These are panels reminiscent of laptops, and they have the alphabet on tiles that flip up and down. Each player gets a card with four words, to be guessed by their opponent, which they slip into a slot along the side of their panel. Only one word is visible at a time, and players start with their three-letter words. They take turns trying to guess the letters in their word; if they guess wrong, they can eliminate that letter by flipping the corresponding tile face-down and the other player gets to guess. If they guess correctly, . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: April 1, 2005
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