1. It hides a word game with huge appeal
2. Features 144 letter tiles that are face down in the middle, from which players choose their tiles
3. For 2 or more players
4. Great for travel
5. Recommended for 7 years and up

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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 five minutes. It is a great for family fun as well as being educational. Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for travel. Just grab the pouch and go.

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Even my non-speller loves this game!

I bought this hoping to encourage my 9 and 10 year olds to 1) enjoy games and 2) practice spelling. WHO KNEW we'd all fall in love. My mom comes over every afternoon and forces us all to play! It is quite fun and anyone can win. I love it and buy it for friends. Highly recommend this game. So much easier and carefree than keeping score and strategy in Scrabble.

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Excellent .................

Perfect for whiling away a quiet evening with the added advantage of being a lot of fun !!

Great for teaching kids how to join letters to make words in a fun way .......

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Wonderful Game!!!

This is a wonderful family game. It goes fast and everyone is playing at the same time. I love Scrabble but my youngest could never wait for everyone to take a turn and would get bored. This is a perfect fix. It is educational and fun.

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Easy and fun!

This is a really fun and easy game to play. It has several ways to play. You can even play this alone. It is a great travel game and lots of fun.

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Great game for the whole family!

I couldn't believe that I ordered this game on a Tuesday and it was here with the mail on Wednesday. I would have paid more money for it in a store and I didn't have to use any gas or time to find it! The delivery was UNBELIEVABLE!! Couldn't ask for any more!

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1. All new 4th Edition!!
2. New Graphics!!
3. New Card Art!!
4. New Packaging & Tiles!!
5. Full Color Rules Book

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My favorite board game

Settlers of Catan is by far my favorite board game. We encountered it a few years back and it continues to remain the favorite. The standard version is for 4 people, with the minimum age around 10. Extensions are available, and you can easily change some rules if there are only 3 of you. A typical game lasts about an hour.

The players compete to acquire resources and construct roads, settlements, cities etc. There is also an amount of chance since you use two dice at each turn to determine who gets what resources. In that respect it is like many other board games. But there are three main factors that make it very interesting and why everyone feels that they can have a chance of winning each game: (1) the board setup is random, so that everytime you play, it IS a new game (there is a Nexus One app available that allows you to get a more balanced board), and (2) you can trade resources, and only the player whose turn it is can trade so that each time you have a possibility of acquiring points, and (3) there are many ways of acquiring points to take you to victory.

Incidently, Amir Khan once said on his blog that he likes to play Settlers of Catan a lot.

Due to the large number of possibilities the first time you play it seems a bit daunting. But it is worth every bit of you time and effort. The game was apparently invented in Germany to teach about capitalism. It has one the 'Spiel des Jahres' (game of the year) award in 1995.

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Best game ever.

This is the best board game ever made. There needs to be nothing else written about Settlers of Catan. In fact, everything else I'm writing beyond that first sentence is extraneous. If you're still reading this and not purchasing said board game, you are wasting your time.

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Settlers

We play this game a lot and love it! Once you catch on to the rules it goes quickly and is lots of fun.

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Great Game for Everyone!

I was amazed I had never heard of this game until now. A friend of ours recommended it while visiting, so we ran out and purchased the game right away. That night we played until 1 AM in the morning. This game is fun!

The instruction book is rather large, but the gist of the game is on the first two pages. My 8-year old daughter picked up the game right away and now wants to play all the time. I really like the fact that the game play is different every time. It is definitely a strategy style game and take a few games under your belt to start developing your own strategies.

Our edition came with extra plastic bags for all the pieces. And everything fits nicely into the box. The game board, at first, fit very tight into the surrounding edges. I found that if I took some of the hex pieces and just rubbed the edges on the table to flatten out the nubs created when punching them out of the cardboard that it fit nicely into the surrounding pieces. You might want to do that too.

If you like playing games, this is a must. This is our new 'family game night' game to play. For two players, the game play lasts 30 minutes to an hour. You can figure that for every extra person play, it will add about 30 minutes or so to the game play.

You can't go wrong buying this game!

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Great group game!

Settlers is a great strategy game geared for a wide audience. The pieces and board were made to be durable and every match is always different due to the different land tiles and different number placings. I'd say the game is a mix between Risk and Monopoly.

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1. Award winning card game
2. For one or more players
3. Game contains complete instructions for play and 81 cards
4. Comes with a durable plastic carrying case
5. SET has become a classic game

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Not as fun as we thought

Our adult friends LOVE this game and encouraged me to buy it for my kids for Christmas. It has been played 2 times and that has been by me and a couple of my children. Our kids do not choose to play this game. It is great and gets you to thinking.

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Fun for all ages

This game is great fun for the whole family. The more you play, the better (quicker) you can pick out sets, but what we really like is that there is no particular advantage based on age or size.

We play as a family and my 9 year old daughter has just as much opportunity and likelihood to win as I do.

The more often you play, you will develop an advantage over those who play less frequently.

This game is fun and challenging for everyone.

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Great game

At first this game seemed a little confusing to play, but once we figured out what a "set" was, it was AWESOME!!! It does get frustrating at times, since the sets are not always easy to see.....then again, thats the fun of it. My 15 year old daughter seems to have a good eye for the sets and beats us everytime!!! Def a lot of fun for the whole family....all ages.

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Family fun

I bought Set Game as a Christmas present for my husband and since that day our whole family has spent many fun hours playing. At first we had a little trouble figuring out exactly what is a set and what isn't, but the rules are very clear and include examples of sets and non-sets. The product description and other customer reviews helped in my decision to purchase the game, but also knowing that the rules are both in English and Spanish (my husband is Spanish, and we live in Spain). Our kids (aged 6 and 12) absolutely LOVE the game and always want to play. Our 12-year old usually wins.

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I bought for my daughter but use it more than she does!

I bought this for my 7 year old and she took one look at it and said- we have that at school. I would describe this when played alone as more of a puzzle rather than a game. I ended up using it myself and am addicted! It is a great way to take a break from the daily grind. The NYtimes.com has a free online version which they change daily. It is a great way to mix fun and using your brain at the same time.

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1. The fast-paced word game where anything can happen. Fast-playing, card-slapping word-changing fun
2. Scrabble Slam is a high-speed four letter word game, race against each other to change the existing word and get rid of your cards
3. Game could become fame and fame could become fate you never know where it will go with Scrabble Slam
4. Play this game with your family and friends.
5. Vacation fun or perfect stocking stuffers. Either way you win.

Editorial Review :

SCRABBLE SLAM is a fast-paced word game where anything could happen! Race against each other to change the existing four-letter word and get rid of your cards. “Game” could become “fame” and “fame” could become “fate”—you never know where it’ll go. Be the first player to get rid of all of your cards to win!

Customer Review :

Wow, what a blast!

We're huge Scrabble fans, but get frustrated with how long a game can take. But, Scrabble Slam is a wonderful alternative. We're fast-thinkers and love that we can set a quick pace and challenge each other to come up with words, or take our time going for the more esoteric words. This is a pure blast for everyone!

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great word game

This can be played on any level (any size base word), with any number of players (just leave out cards so that everyone has the same quantity. And the players don't need to have the same educational level for it to be fun and educational.

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Fun for a while

I like playing this game but I only want to play it for about 15 minutes before it gets boring. However, it can be a great addition to any home that enjoys word games just to mix it up a bit. Overall, I'm glad we have it.

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game

This is a fun game that can be enjoyed by youngsters with older family playing along. It is pretty easy and small to travel with. It is also available for less at Walmart storews

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Great Card Game

This is an easy game to learn. You have to be on your toes as everyone is trying to make a new word. It's a fast paced game and your adrenaline really gets going. Every age can play which makes it fun for the whole family.

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1. 2-4 players
2. ages 6 and up
3. 45 minutes
4. Games Magazine Award: Best Family Game Runner-up 2007
5. Mensa Best Mind Game Award Winner 2007; Major Fun Award Winner 2007

Editorial Review :

Our tactile wooden block game combines the logic and strategy of Set® with the creative multi-maneuver game play of Scrabble®. Easy-to-learn rules mean youll be creating columns and rows of matching colors and shapes in no time! Look for opportunities to score big by placing a tile that touches multiple pieces and matches both shapes and colors; the player with the most points wins. 108 blocks.

Customer Review :

Addictive Fun

This game is fun for all ages. No age is exempt, we had players as young as 6 and as old as 68 playing and they all have gotten as addicted as I am to this game. You just can't stop playing it.

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good game to help with analytical thought

I first tried playing with my wife to see how it worked and my son watched. I played with him yesterday and he actually did better than my wife. I think it teaches him to look at things differently and to have patients. I just wish that the tiles were a little thinner so it did not take up too much space in the bag. it would also make the box lighter. It is a good tame though. I am glad that I purchased it.

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Great game!

Received this game yesterday and played it last night at our ladies (all over 30) game night, everyone loved it! In fact one of the ladies called after she got home to ask me to order her one. Can't wait to play it with my family, I think my children will like it as well.

The game is a combo of luck (what tiles you pick from the bag) and strategy but mostly strategy. It's all how you play your tiles as to how many points you get so one has to think a bit which is a good thing.

I think this is a game we'll come back to time and again. If you are questioning as to whether or not to buy it go ahead you'll not be sorry.

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Beware: Addictive game!

We are hooked and so are our friends! Teaches strategy adjustment - no two opponents play the same. If you want to win, you will need to adjust your play to counter your opponents' strategies.

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Soooo fun!

This game turned out to be fun for the whole family! It is a thinking/strategy game that has been fun for my 6 year old to my 52 year old husband. I thought it would just be a little kid game with colors & shapes, but you can really score some points with some strategy!

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