I wish I could remember where we got this game—mainly because I suspect it may have been gifted to us by our friend RME, in which case I feel bad that it took us so long to get around to playing it. But hopefully either 1) we purchased it ourselves and it wasn’t a gift, or 2) RME will be happy that we enjoyed it, and not sad that we didn’t enjoy it sooner.
Because this is a fun game! Of course, like most of our favorite games, it involves words and spelling. It’s a deck of cards, most of which have one letter (but some have two, like QU or CL; fun note: the decorative letters in the center of each card are "inspired by Celtic manuscripts from 500 - 800 AD such as the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow"). The game is played in several rounds: in the first round, everyone is dealt three cards, and the goal is to use all three cards to spell a word. The next round is with four cards, then five, and so on up to ten. Points are scored based on the number value (displayed on the card) of each letter you use, and the points for letters you don’t use get subtracted from your score.
Verdict: Fun! Another keeper. (And I say this despite the fact that I came in third place . . . out of three . . . in other words, I am known as The Loser.)
