Bananagrams
is a FAST and FUN word game that requires NO pencil, paper or
board. All you need is a table. One hand can be played in as
little as 5 minutes. Great family fun as well as being
educational! Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for travel,
home and classroom use. Just grab the pouch and go!
Each Bananagrams pouch contains 144 ivory-like letter tiles and
instructions.
- A highly addictive, super-portable word game.
- Bananagrams comes in a quirky banana shaped, zip-lock bag.
- 144 letter tiles from which to make grids of intersecting
words.
- The game can be played in several ways, ranging from a quick
five minute hand to an all day affair.
- Suitable for 1-8 players.
- When playing in a group the game is a race against time to
use up all the tiles.
- Banana terminology such as 'Split', 'Peel' and 'Rotten
Banana' add a silly twist to the game.
- Suitable for ages 7 years+.
- Pouch Size: 23 x 9 x 3.5cm
How to play (Note for teachers: the rules can easily be
adapted to suit different group dynamics):
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.
