Letter Tycoon: Mensa Select Word-Building Strategy Game for Families and Friends, Ages 10+, 2-5 Players
Letter Tycoon: Mensa Select Word-Building Strategy Game for Families and Friends, Ages 10+, 2-5 Players
Number of Players: 2-5
Age Group: 10+
Time To Play: 30-45 Minutes
Another award-winning game from Breaking Games, Letter Tycoon was chosen as a Mensa Mind Games Winner for 2015!
Build Your Alphabet Empire!
Build words, buy letters and score big! Use your hand of 7 cards plus any of the 3 community cards to make a word worth valuable money and stocks. Collect letter patents to earn royalties and invoke unique privileges. Patents, money and stocks add up to victory. Create the most valuable alphabet empire and YOU can become the Letter Tycoon!
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Me and my wife love the complexity of this game and it is a ton of fun to play.
This one is a hidden gem.
Full disclosure -- I was a playtester for the game
This game was a great idea from the very first playtest. The play is fast and great for kids and adults. It certainly helps kids to learn spelling and new vocabulary words!
It's like painless learning for the children...and I love it when they would pull out a big word for a ton of points.
Super replayability as well.
So, you wanna build a word, eh? Better put your letter factories to work, kid: the longer the word, the more money you make. Ah, I see you have a “G” in your word. That’s a really nice letter–in fact, I happen to hold the patent on “G,” so I’m gonna collect some royalties now. Go ahead, let’s see who’s the real Letter Tycoon.
FULL REVIEW
https://geekdad.com/2015/10/letter-tycoon/
Letter Tycoon is a newer word game that takes the timeless mechanisms of these games, and updates them with meaningful decisions and different paths to victory making it approachable and family friendly.
FULL REVIEW
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1602183/letter-tycoon-review