Wednesday, May 03, 2023

I have a valuable vintage Boggle game

I discovered recently that I have a rare collectible in my game collection. It's a Boggle game from the early '80s.

Boggle has 16 six-sided dice with letters on the side that you mix up in a square grid and then try to identify as many words as you can from adjoining dice in the three minutes it takes for sand to run through a little hour glass.

It turns out that in 1987, after I bought my game, they reissued the game with the letters rearranged differently. And while there doesn't seem to have been any official announcement about why, people have noticed that the F and the K are now on the same cube. 

This means that when you play the "new" Boggle, you'll never find words that contain both F and K. Like "funky" or "firetruck".

But if you play Boggle at my house, those words could appear.

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3 comments:

  1. David Scrimshaw6/27/2023 10:45 am

    I love Squaredle! It's basically my favourite of the current games. I have to complete both the standard game and the Express every morning.

    I was hoping I'd get a bonus reveal this morning by sharing, but they don't seem to be offering that option.

    squaredle.net 06/27:
    27/27 words (+18 bonus words)
    �� In the top 9% by bonus words
    �� Solve streak: 92

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  2. Anonymous7/03/2023 5:09 pm

    I don't think I'd want to play without funky firetrucks.
    ...Which block has a "T" on it? 😄

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  3. David Scrimshaw7/03/2023 7:36 pm

    There are several blocks with "T", so it can come up with just about any other letters showing, I believe.

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