Lexogon: The Great Game of Words Board Game

by Tippecanoe Games

Product Features

• Game Box Includes: 6 Zinc-Alloy Lexogon Tokens, 115 Standard Clue Cards, 115 Intermediate Clue Cards, 67 Condition Cards, 2 90-second Sandtimers, 6 Category Cards, Dictionary of Examples, 1 Oversized Die, 2 Score Pads, and Game Directions.
• Fun for teenagers and adults, it is easily adapted to allow players of differing vocabulary skills to compete on an equal footing.
• Game can be played by 2 to 6 people or teams.
• Manufacturer's Suggested Age: 12 years and up.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x 3.2 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B0007Z2LUK
• Item model number: 000
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,636 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

Lexogon is a challenging, fast-paced word game where you think about words in a great new way. It stretches your brain, memory and mettle. It stimulates your vocabulary, your word recognition skills and your creativity! Think of a word that uses 3 clue letters in order, but arranged in the special way required by your Category Rule. There are seven different categories to solve. Be the first to come up with words for all seven categories and you've won. But there's risk, luck and strategy involved: you can be challenged, you can lose a turn or credit for a category, and it all depends on the roll of the die, the clues and YOUR way with words! Players of differing vocabulary skills can play together since there is an intermediate deck of clues and a standard deck for a college level vocabulary. For 2 to 6 players/teams. Adults and Teens.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, August 7, 2005

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Steven Kahn (San Ramon, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lexogon: The Great Game of Words Board Game (Toy)

This game is truly fun for all. It is intellectually stimulating, yet not as intimidating as other vocabulary games such as scrabble. The alternate playing rules allow people with different vocabularies to play together. The game was very easy to figure out. My friends and I played for about an hour and had a great time.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Game combining vocabulary, spelling and chance, August 6, 2005

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David Wallerich (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lexogon: The Great Game of Words Board Game (Toy)

Lexogon has now become my favorite game - I've played it with family and friends many times. Game play is very straightforward and the materials and play tokens are top-notch. Because there are two "decks" of clues - one Intermediate difficulty and one Standard - I can play this game with younger kids and adults of varying skill level. It's really like buying 2 games in 1.

The only drawback to playing this game is that I realized how terrible my vocabulary is! I figure a few months of playing this game will help.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flexmotron!, September 26, 2005

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Alex Westmoreland "Alex Westmoreland" (Modesto, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Lexogon: The Great Game of Words Board Game (Toy)

Lexogon has turned out to be a great game. A friend bought it for me as a gift because I'm a board game player, in general. I hadn't heard of it, but enjoyed it straight away. My girlfriend and I played with another couple and we all had a blast.

As the other reviews stated, it's an easy game to learn. You're up and running in no time. More than that, it's a lot more fun than I thought a word game would be. The rules about how you choose your words make it a lot of fun, and really equalize different vocab levels.

I would think Lexogon could be played and enjoyed by anyone reading age and up. You end up exposing yourself to a lot of words, and it affects the way you think about the language. Most importantly, of course, it makes for a good time. We've played in groups of 3 and up to groups of 9 or 10. There is a great energy surrounding the game and people whisper and then yell and get into the competition.

I recommend it!