Now I am hooked on a fabulous new word game, luckily Chris is too, he has been really suffering in pain with his shoulder injury. This game has lightened the evenings a little, he finds it hard to watch TV or sit for long periods. So moving to the kitchen and playing a game that is not too lengthy has been ideal.
On the surface of it this may sound odd, most evenings we have been unpeeling our banana skin and turning over lettered tiles. Sounds bizarre, it reminds me of the wordplay of Scrabble, the fast and furious pace that Boggle always brings but is totally unique.
What I love is there is no board, no score sheet. just a bag of letters and a few brain cells required.
The premise is to use all 144 letter tiles, turn them all over, choose 21 if there are two of you, (more if not) and make words you, when you have used them all up, you take another tile and this forces your opponent to do the same.
This is the fun part as Chris and I found the pressure on you if you were struggling to use your 21 tiles and your opponent shouting 'Peel!' every few seconds make it frantic to try and add in the letters.
Chris and I are pretty juvenile laughing out loud at the word 'dump' the term for putting a tile back if you cannot use it and picking up 3.
We love that its fast moving or can be once you start picking more tiles, (which forces your opponents to do the same).
It can be played anywhere with any age and number of players.
We liked that whatever the level of age of a player, the odds of winning are even. It can be the luck of the tiles picked that makes a winner as well as brains. We have a great Scrabble dictionary word list for those tricky two letter words, this was one of my wins below and Chris challenged lots of these, but with a smug smile even as I type I can say I thrashed him!!
10/10 in this house.
I'm keen to try out a few more of the games mentioned below.
BANANAGRAMS® (RRP £14.99) – the global word-play phenomenon is the ideal gift for kids aged seven to 107: a fast and fun anagram game that’s perfect for bringing the family together and banishing Boxing Day boredom. Requiring no pencil, paper or board, Bananagrams comes in a small portable banana-shaped pouch and was named Toy Fair 2009’s “Game of the Year”. Created by the word game-obsessed Nathanson family of three generations, ranging in age from seven to 75 years old, Bananagrams is a labour of love that that has quickly become an international hit, selling millions of copies worldwide and attracting celebrity fans including Scarlett Johansson, Kelly Clarkson and Cindy Crawford. 
FRUITOMINOES® (RRP £14.99) – for players aged 5+, it features 28 beautifully crafted fruit-emblazoned dominoes in a compact pouch. It’s a fresh, fruity and colourful twist to the classic game of dominoes.
ZIP-IT® (RRP £14.99) – the perfect gift for the jet-setter in your life, Zip-It is a two-player crossword race that can be played anytime, anywhere in as little as 20 seconds. For players aged seven and up, Zip-It features 24 high-quality letter cubes packaged in a unique cloth pouch with scoring zippers. The ability to play compactly on an airplane or train tray make Zip-It the ultimate travel game.
APPLETTERS® (RRP £15.99) – originally designed with younger players in mind and features three levels of play to amuse children and challenge adults. The game comes in an apple-shaped cloth pouch containing 110 ivory-like tiles. In addition to the version for a younger audience, the game also includes instructions for more adult play - APPLE TURNOVER™ for an extra challenge and APPLESCORE™ for word lovers who like to have fun with palindromes and semi-palindromes.
PAIRSinPEARS® (£15.99) – a word construction game for children aged 6+, where players race to make pairs of connecting words in matching patterns. The pear-shaped cloth pouch contains four full alphabet sets in four distinct designs and the game provides a great way for children to develop memory and cognitive skills while learning the alphabet, pattern recognition, vowels, vocabulary, rhyming and more.
The games are available to buy from all good book and toy stores on the High Street or online from www.bananagrams.com.
About Bananagrams
Bananagrams®, Inc., is the family-owned Rhode Island company behind a range of innovative word games, including the international phenomenon BANANAGRAMS - the fast, fun anagram game that will “drive you bananas!” Currently available in 31 countries and multiple languages, original Bananagrams has spawned digital versions on Facebook, the iPad™, iPhone™ and iTouch™ and a series of books. Bananagrams, Inc. also offers the award-winning Appletters®, Pairs in Pears® and brand-new ZIP-IT® and Fruitominoes®. All the games feature attractive cloth pouches and need no board, pencil or paper - ideal for children and adults aged seven to 107 who enjoy witty word play, at home or on the go.
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