There
are a number of games that revolve around words. Scrabble is the gold standard. The online version, words with friends, is
popular. Bananagrams, crosswords, word
searches, and Word Candy online are big, too.
Add in Scattergories, MAD Libs, Boggle, Hangman, Balderdash and word jumbles and you see a good trend here. Many
games involve the use and focus of words.
Of
course many games involve chance and live by the luck of a card drawn or dice
rolled. Others incorporate strategy – Monopoly, chess, checkers, Pictionary, or Connect Four. Many games are online or they are
video games. We can entertain ourselves
in any number of ways but nothing compares to engaging in a war of words and
using quick-thinking, creativity, and strategy to turn random letters into a
winning word score.
Making
words, spelling, or some reference to letters into a game is an important trend. We need to focus on language and stimulate
our brains appropriately. Sure we may
like games that involve competition or call upon skills that involve math, a
poker face, smart trading, or manipulating one’s environment, but games that lean
on language are big winners. They engage us, challenge us, and awaken our creativity.
Language
is really the key building block for civilization. The more of us that can master it, the more
we can have a world driven by intellect, not bombs; by ideas, not status quo;
and by communication and not mere physical interactions.
Other
games I would love to see include these:
·
Booktionary
– try to draw relevant scenes or characters relating to famous books.
·
Book
Trivial Pursuit – trivia pertaining to books and authors of social note.
·
Bookopoloy
– a board game about running a successful book publishing company where the
publisher buys up manuscripts in a smart way.
·
Who
Am I? Learn about authors and then guess who they are, based on the clues shared
·
Be The Editor – earn points for catching errors in a portion of a manuscript.
·
Write
That Title – players get a handful of words and instructions about a book’s
genre and plot and you need to come up with as many relevant book titles within
60 seconds as possible.
·
Book
Trading Cards – collect, trade, and share cards like you would for sports or
movies, but these cards revolve around books, words, famous lines, and major
authors
·
Are You A Poet? - you are given a handful of
words and have a limited amount of time to craft certain types of poems, from
rhyming to free verse.
Language
will never go out of style – and it will always be vital to society’s
growth. The more games that we can
create for our youth and others that encourage reading, improving our
vocabulary and thinking creatively, the better.
Will
Hasbro be looking to launch a new game that promotes words, books, or
publishing? I hope so. Hey Hasbro, glad to serve as a consultant!
“It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful.”
--Vincent van Gogh
“The one best sufficient reason for a man to buy a book is because he thinks he will be happier with it than without it.”
--A. Edward Newton, The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections (1918)
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