Bananagrams
Retail Price: $15.00
Our Price: $14.95
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Item: BAN001
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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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Toy Value Index
9.68
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Toy IQ
169
High Genius
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UPC
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856739001159
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Manufacturer SKU
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banana
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Manufactured In
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 Peoples Republic of China
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Manufacturer Recommended Minimum Age
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7 years
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Fat Brain Toys Sales Ranking
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#190
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Players
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2 to 8
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WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts.
Not for children under 3 yrs.
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Bananagrams
Posted 12/30/2011 by ANNE M TIPPETS
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This is a great game for family time. The best part is that it also helps my 9 yr old work on his spelling skills. I bought it for a Christmas gift for the family, but my husband and I love to play it just as much or more than the boys.
Information about Bananagrams
Posted 12/27/2011
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Setting: Home
It's a fun and quicker version of scrabble--not as much of strategy required to play--good for kids who don't always like board games.
Nuts about Bananagrams
Posted 12/12/2011 by Rita Gallagher
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We love to play games with our family! This game is fast and does not require anyone to keep score ... you either win or you lose. Our family also loves to play scrabble so this is a nice alternative to a board and limited number of players. We've even ordered the Bananagram for larger groups so that we can play with our game playing friends (8-10people). We haven't tried it yet but look forward to trying it soon.
fun game
Posted 11/23/2011
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This is a great game for families to play together. Sometimes the kids just dump the letters and start making as many words as possible. There are so many fun ways to play with Bananagrams.
My rating of Bananagrams
Posted 11/11/2011 by christine
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Setting: Home
purchased as a gift and to play with grandchildren....great game so much fun, wonderful convenient way to improve language skills and easily portable too....WOW, will recommend this one to everyone young and older
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