Designer: Rena Nathanson
Publisher: Bananagrams
Platform: Tabletop, Tiles
Genre: Word
Breakdown
Bananagrams is a fast-paced game of making words out of individual letters before your opponent can. Designed for 2-8 players, though it can be played as a solitaire game, this game is designed to last about 15 minutes. There is 144 tiles with one letter on each one per game set. They are placed face down in the middle of the table. Each player is given a differing amount depending on the number of players currently playing. For 2-4 players, 21 tiles are taken each. Once everyone has their starting tiles, they can flip them to see what they picked. Each player must make their own connecting assemblance of their tiles, horizontal or vertical. Two-letter words are acceptable, but not proper nouns. The words can be rearranged as often as the player likes and everyone goes at once.
When a player wishes to get rid of a letter they do not want, they can choose to dump. Dumping involves saying, "Dump" and placing a tile in the center face down. They then take three to replace it. When a player has finished with their first set of letters, they say, "Peel" and everyone must take a new tile from the center. This continues until the remaining amount of tiles in the center is less than the number of people playing and one player has used all of their letters. They then shout, "Bananas" and their words are inspected. If a wrong word or a misspelling is found, that person is declared a 'rotten banana' and returns all letters to the center face down. The other players continue without them.
There are several ways to play the game. Alternative versions to the set rules are suggested. Best Of makes the winner the winner of the most of a set number of hands. Banana Smoothie has only the first 21 letters allowed to be used with no dumping or peeling, the winner being the one who either finishes their hand first or in the eventof a stalemate has the least number of tiles remaining. Banana Cafe allows dumping, but ends the game when a player uses up their letters. Banana Challenge bans two letter words but the other rules are the same. Banana Solitaire has a few variations, but encourages teh player to use all 144 letters, starting with 21 and dumping/peeling as usual
This game came about as a result of one family's love for word games. It started as a game for home, then evolved into a gift for friends. As it became more popular, they refined the game and its rules until they had a playable game. What makes this game interesting is its mass popularity because it's a single family in the UK that created it and made it what it is, not a big company. They had no previous game-making experience but managed to make a well-selling game.
What other games is Bananagrams like?
Bananagrams is most like Scrabble but without a board and two letter words are allowed.
Breakdown
Bananagrams is a fast-paced game of making words out of individual letters before your opponent can. Designed for 2-8 players, though it can be played as a solitaire game, this game is designed to last about 15 minutes. There is 144 tiles with one letter on each one per game set. They are placed face down in the middle of the table. Each player is given a differing amount depending on the number of players currently playing. For 2-4 players, 21 tiles are taken each. Once everyone has their starting tiles, they can flip them to see what they picked. Each player must make their own connecting assemblance of their tiles, horizontal or vertical. Two-letter words are acceptable, but not proper nouns. The words can be rearranged as often as the player likes and everyone goes at once.
When a player wishes to get rid of a letter they do not want, they can choose to dump. Dumping involves saying, "Dump" and placing a tile in the center face down. They then take three to replace it. When a player has finished with their first set of letters, they say, "Peel" and everyone must take a new tile from the center. This continues until the remaining amount of tiles in the center is less than the number of people playing and one player has used all of their letters. They then shout, "Bananas" and their words are inspected. If a wrong word or a misspelling is found, that person is declared a 'rotten banana' and returns all letters to the center face down. The other players continue without them.
There are several ways to play the game. Alternative versions to the set rules are suggested. Best Of makes the winner the winner of the most of a set number of hands. Banana Smoothie has only the first 21 letters allowed to be used with no dumping or peeling, the winner being the one who either finishes their hand first or in the eventof a stalemate has the least number of tiles remaining. Banana Cafe allows dumping, but ends the game when a player uses up their letters. Banana Challenge bans two letter words but the other rules are the same. Banana Solitaire has a few variations, but encourages teh player to use all 144 letters, starting with 21 and dumping/peeling as usual
This game came about as a result of one family's love for word games. It started as a game for home, then evolved into a gift for friends. As it became more popular, they refined the game and its rules until they had a playable game. What makes this game interesting is its mass popularity because it's a single family in the UK that created it and made it what it is, not a big company. They had no previous game-making experience but managed to make a well-selling game.
What other games is Bananagrams like?
Bananagrams is most like Scrabble but without a board and two letter words are allowed.
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