The anagram game that will drive you BANANAS!
This award-winning word game needs no pencil, paper, or bulky board. It
is fast and fun. One hand can be played in as little as 5 minutes.
Play at home, in restaurants, campgrounds, etc. Great for travel!
Contains:
Cloth banana shaped pouch
144 letter tiles
Rules for Play:
Place all 144 tiles face down on center of table. These tiles
are referred to as the "BUNCH". For games of 2-4 people, each player
takes 21 letters from the bunch, keeping them face down. For 5-6
players, 15 letters are taken. For 7-8 (or more) players, 11 letters are
taken.
NOW THE GAME BEGINS!!! Any one player says "SPLIT" whereupon
all players turn their own tiles face up and proceed to form their OWN
collection of connecting and intersecting words. The words may be
horizontal or vertical, reading left to right or top to bottom. Each
player may rearrange his/her own words as often as desired. Players DO
NOT take turns, but play independently of each other and at the same
time.
When a player has none of his/her original letters left, that
player says "PEEL" and takes a tile from the bunch. At this point ALL OF
THE OTHER PLAYERS MUST ALSO TAKE A TILE FROM THE BUNCH and add it to
their collection of letters.
At any time, and as often as desired during play, any player
may return a difficult-to-use letter back to the center of the BUNCH,
face down, but MUST TAKE THREE LETTERS IN RETURN. The player must
declare this action to the other players by saying "DUMP". This exchange
does not affect the other players.
Play continues until there are fewer tiles in the BUNCH than
there are players. The first player with no remaining letters shouts
"BANANAS" and is the winner of that hand. The other players may now
inspect the winning hand for misspelled or incorrect words. Proper nouns
are not acceptable. Any available dictionary may be used. If all words
are acceptable, that player is the WINNER OF THAT HAND. If any word in
the "winning" hand is found to be unacceptable, that player becomes the
“Rotten Banana” and is OUT OF THAT HAND, and must return his/her
letters, face down to the center bunch and the game now resumes for the
remaining players.
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