The easiest way to describe this game is it's like Scrabble, but without a board and with no scoring. Inside the fabric banana case you'll find a ziploc plastic bag containing the sturdy plastic tiles (the letters are embossed into them) and a thin instructions booklet. My wife and I play this, and here's how it goes...
You begin by putting the tiles face down onto a table, then each player picks 21 tiles (fewer if there are more players - the instructions tell you how many to take based on the number of participants). There are lots of silly banana-based cues in the game, and at the call "split" the players turn their tiles over. Then, it's a rush to build your own word grid on the table, like Scrabble without the board, trying to use up all of your letters. You can rearrange your grid as often as you like. If you are stuck, you can say "dump" and return a letter to the "bunch" of tiles on the table, but you must then take three more tiles. If you use up all your tiles, you say "peel" and take another one, but every other player must also take an extra tile too. Once you've used up all your tiles, and there no tiles left in the "bunch" on the table, shout out "bananas!" and you win. There's no scoring - it's simply a case of the first person to use all of their letters, and for there to be no more tiles in the bunch is the winner. Quick to learn, easy to play, and loads of fun.
| Product Dimensions | 22.86 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm; 381.02 Grams |
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| Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 7 years and up |
| Item model number | 1295 Banagrams |
| Educational Objective(s) | Literacy |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Game Players | 2 to 8 Players |
| Number of pieces | 144 |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Batteries included? | No |
| Material Type(s) | Paper |
| Remote Control Included? | No |
| Color | Yellow |
| Release date | 26 Mar. 2011 |
| ASIN | 1932188126 |
