Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 2: Traditional Bananogram
• Method 2 of 2: Playing Together
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Bananogram is a game in which players compete for speed, similar to both Scrabble and Boggle. The game takes place without rotating the chips, as in Boggle, each player builds his own interconnected, like Scrabble, crossword puzzle.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: Traditional Bananogram

1. 1 Unzip the banana-shaped pouch and empty all the chips onto a flat surface such as the floor or table.
2. 2 Flip all the tokens face down so that the letters are hidden.
3. 3 The number of chips each player will take depends on the number of players. 2 - 4 players take 21 chips each. 5 - 6 players - 15 chips each. 7 - 8 people - 11 chips each. Collect the remaining chips in the center stack or "heap".
4. 4 When everyone has counted their chips, say "Split!"This will serve as a signal for everyone to flip their chips.
5. 5 Arrange your chips in an interconnected crossword puzzle. Pieces can be connected vertically or horizontally, but not diagonally. The goal is to create complete words out of all your chips.
   • Note: if you have a token that you don't want to use, not enough vowels, too many consonants, and so on, try to "dump" it. Put one the token you are throwing back into the pile, shout "reset!", and take three new tokens from there.
6. 6 When you make up words from all your tokens, shout out "peel!"(It would be nice to double-check to make sure all your words actually exist and are correct.) Everyone should pull one new token from the heap.
7. 7 Use new chips. Chips can be moved, rearranged, swapped and so on. In this example, the player drew a new letter T. By replacing the letter D in the word FOOD with it, the player received the word FOOT, and the letter D was able to put at the end of the word TIE and received the word TIED, so he effectively used all his chips.
8. 8 Continue to continue playing this way until you have used up all the chips from the heap, or there are less than the number of players. Then the player with the completed crossword puzzle announces: "Banana!"He or she becomes a winner!
9. 9Flip the chips and shuffle them all in the middle of the table, collect new chips and play again, and again, and again ... br>

Method 2 of 2: Playing Together

1. 1 Place all the chips face down in the middle of the table. You will need to turn over 144 letter tiles. If you want to speed up the game, remove a few tokens to shorten the game. But don't take away certain letters! You will need a good set of letters to create the best words.
2. 2 Give 7 chips to each player for his personal pile. Set the rest aside (still upside down). If you are only playing with 2-3 players, you can increase your personal stack to 9. Each personal stack must be directly in front of the player who owns it.
   • Some people are very picky about their letters, even when they are still upside down. Let the player choose his chips if he needs to.
3. 3 Flip the pieces over and start to form words like a crossword puzzle, one player at a time. If players want to hide their chips, they can do it, although this is not necessary. In this game, the most important thing is cooperation and using all the chips.
   • If you want, each player can also help another player by using his letters. Player A could say, “Listen Ivan! You could put your C at the beginning of TOK. If you add it, then I can add the word LIGHT. This will make the game run much faster. But if you want everyone to think for themselves, that's fun too (and gives the game a competitive feel).
4. 4 When a player has no chips left in his personal pile, give him 7 more chips. If one of the players cannot insert a letter, he must skip a turn until he can do this. This encourages each player to add a letter or two to the words that already exist, it will make your game more fun.
   • To keep track of how often a player runs out of chips, suggest that they take a few more chips each time. The second time he pulls, he will take 8, and the third time, 9. So the better and faster players will take on more of the work helping those who are just learning.
5. 5 Keep completing the crossword puzzle until the chips run out. If you want, you can make the game more competitive by tracking who made the longest word, who gets rid of chips the fastest, or brings the most chips onto the table. What is your strong point? And your friends? And remember - have fun!

Tips

• Bananogram is a great game for all ages as its purpose is not to use rare letters or make up long words, but to place all the letter tiles.
• Try to make a crossword puzzle using all the chips!
• An effective strategy is to try to get to the "skin" as quickly as possible. The influx of new chips can drive your opponents to a dead end!
• Since shorter words are easier to come up with, longer words give you more opportunities to use more chips.
• Make sure to "drop" your letter further away in the pile so that you don't pick it up as soon as you say "peel".
• You can also play themed Bananogram, in which all words must be associated with a specific idea.
• You can also play Bananogram with Scrabble chips. However, the banana bag is more colorful and compact, making it easier to carry the game with you.
• When the number of players is especially large (more than eight), you will enjoy playing with content two bananas, this will avoid ending the game too quickly. All the chips, of course, need to be shuffled. (It might be wise to sort them out again at the end of the game). Each banana has 144 chips distributed as follows:
  • 2: J, K, Q, X, Z
  • 3: B, C, F, H, M, P, V, W, Y
  • 4: G
  • 5: L
  • 6: D, S, U
  • 8: N
  • 9: R, T
  • 11: O
  • 12: I
  • 13: A
  • 18: E
    
    
    
• Two-letter words such as "YES", "OH", and "HA" are useful placeholders until you can use them to form a big word.

Warnings

• “Dumping” before the end of the game is not a wise move because you are likely to draw a very bad set of chips that other players have thrown to you.
• Inserting chips into other people's crosswords is also not allowed in the traditional Bananogram.
• Players are not allowed to exchange chips, no matter how much they want to exchange.

What do you need

• Table
• Two players
• Bananograms or Scrabble Chips