Boggle

I am a Computer Analyst by day but a secret childrens writer outside of work ... so I love words. My 8 year old son loves science and math but is challenged when it comes to the language arts. This game we changed it up so that he has more of a chance beating me ... he is allowed to do words that are two and three letters long but I can't use anything under four letters long. Once he is hooked on the challenge of beating me ... we'll eliminate the two letter words for him. Hey it's a start!

I even play this game with my retired Mom with the normal rules. Hey it is fun and it helps keep the brain active!

I was introduced to this game 30 years ago. It's one of my favorites of all time, but not in the traditional 4x4 grid. 4x4 is too darn boring and repetitious. The only game worth playing is Big Boggle with the 5x5 grid. Luckily we have one of these from many years ago, and I live in terror that it might get lost, or the cubes might vanish. If so I'll have to give up Boggle forever I guess, as Big Boggle is no longer available anywhere at a reasonable price, and regular 4x4 Boggle is not worth playing.

But I can't understand why Big Boggle is no longer marketed. It's the best ever. It seems you can buy it in the UK, but they won't ship it to the US. Are Americans considered too stupid?

This games is very simple to play and very simple to setup. It only takes about 3 minutes to understand the concept and start playing the game. I can not think of any other word games that has as much educational value and fun other than the "Scrabble" which is another classic game. It is also very inexpensive.

Everything was great except it doesn't seem like the timer is the original timer. It doesn't have a stand and it seems to go too fast.

this was a gift and I have been thanked many times for it. It has helped the owner to spell better and have fun at the same time.
Would recommend this to anyone