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playing cards with letters on a chess-board
game by words unlike the scrabble or erudite
rules of word forming games and conundrums

Pages of website www.wordgame.64g.ru represent the board game with letters which is not similar to other word forming games, such as scrabble or erudite, because is based on other principles of game interaction. Namely game rules consist that letters move on fields of a chess-board similarly to chessmen and form words during moving, that differs from scrabble or erudite where letters are motionless on fields of a game board. In essence game interaction similarly to a chess or checkers, or other logic games in which game figures move on fields of game boards, but nerveless the condition of offered game is formation of words. By means of the game set, namely by means of the chess-board and playing cards with letters it is possible to realize various variants of games and conundrums. In total rules of 33 games and 6 conundrums are described in the manual of game. In PDF files on pages of website there are images of the chess-board and playing cards which can be taken free of charge - print - try to play.

The set of game includes two complete sets of playing cards with letters.
The quantity of cards in each complete set is equal to quantity of letters in the Latin alphabet, but for each vowel letter there are two playing cards, total in each complete set there are 32 cards that is comparable to the game board which has 64 fields and is similar to a chess-board.
Playing cards with letters of the Latin alphabet allow to play word forming games in a context of English language or other languages based on the Latin alphabet.
Playing cards of two complete sets are designated by different colors that corresponds to playing cards which have proportional quantity of letters according to frequency of use in English language. It allows two players to distinguish playing cards in the event that everyone plays by cards of own complete set or own proportional group, and also allows to apply various quantities of playing cards and letters to carrying out of word forming games.
The small quantity of letters in a game set is essential difference from other word forming games, such as scrabble or erudite, but the small quantity of letters is optimum for perception and corresponds to the game board which is similar to a chess-board.
Can seem that the small quantity of letters is not enough for game interaction, but actually during moving letters on fields of a a chess-board there are complex combinational positions which are necessary for formation of words and provide opportunities of rather interesting games.
Three-letter or four-letter words can be formed during game. Such words in language is quite enough for realization of game interaction by means of small quantity of letters. In game rules there is the special dictionary which lists words admissible for word-formation that excludes use of words which are not known to those or other participants of game, that is lack of the scrabble or erudite.

Besides on pages of website www.wordgame.64g.ru in PDF files there are images of playing cards with letters of the Russian alphabet that allows to play word forming games in a context of Russian language.
Playing cards with letters of the Russian alphabet also are organized in two complete sets which are comparable to 64 fields of a chess game board.

I hope that offered word forming game with letters on a chess game board will be interesting and cognitive!
The information of the website www.wordgame.64g.ru is opened (free-of-charge) but nerveless should be paid.

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