Bananagrams Review

Not too long ago, my friend Alex recommended the game Bananagrams as a fun alternative to Scrabble. I have never loved Scrabble (although I will admit it’s been years and years since I last played it), and so we went ahead and purchased Bananagrams last week. I LOVE this game. It’s challenging, but a little silly, too (we’ve had words like ‘farts’ and ‘shiv’ turn up in the game). And although I hold a graduate degree in English literature and my husband doesn’t, he totally schooled me in it last night. It’s not only about coming up with great words (I put down ‘dovetail’ tonight), but strategizing about the usage of short, easy words can completely alter the course of the game. We’ve played it with 2 people and more, and it’s fun either way, and I can totally see it working with slightly older school-aged children who have a pretty solid handle on spelling and vocabulary. And for $14, it’s totally worth it. Another added bonus? For someone like me who can be very attuned to tactile stimulus, the pieces are very soothing to hold and move around. In a nutshell, it’s totally worth it!

And for the record, nobody is paying me a dime to say any of this. I purchased the game with my own hard-earned cash, and if it sucked, I would be telling you that, too. So there.

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