Introducing Starts With / Ends With

Starts With / Ends With is my second game. It’s even simpler than Maze Game, and reminds me of a personal favorite, Scrabble. The basic idea is to create the longest word you can think of, using the starting and ending letters that you draw. A two player game will consist of 13 rounds, and players will get 1 point for each letter of their word. It needs some tweaking, but here is what it looks like so far.

Off the top of my head I would say BEARDED for 7 points. But I’m sure there is a much better word than that.

Maze Game – Alternate Rules

Here is the fast-paced alternate way to play Maze Game.

Lay down a “Start” card on a table. Shuffle the deck. Take the top card from the deck and place it face up to the right of the “Start” card.  If the maze connects, lay a new card the right of the previous card. If it doesn’t line up with your line, continue placing cards on top, until you find a connection. Cards can be spun 180 degrees to help complete the maze, but they must stay on top of their individual pile. Go until you run out of cards. When you are finished, count up how many cards you laid down (including the “Start” card) and that’s your score. 

Here is an example of a 4 point game. My high score is 13 points. 

The game is pretty much done. I just need to clarify all of the rules, and send it off for printing.