Last Word (1985)

About this game

Players pieces are set down on a 10x10 grid of letters and wild spaces. Each turn a player must make a word in the style of Boggle, then pick up the tiles used. As tiles are removed, scoring opportunities become more sparse, and players are eliminated when they cannot make a legal word. Bonus points are scored for isolating a player on one tile, and points are scored based on the tiles each player picks up. First to fifty points over as many rounds as it takes, wins.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.7/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.