Bananagrams - Party (EN)

Bananagrams Party keeps the addictive, no-downtime formula of the fastest word game around, then throws in a hefty dose of chaos built for parties with friends. Just like the classic, every player draws letter tiles from a shared pool and builds their own personal crossword grid, with no board, no turns and no waiting around: everyone plays at once, racing against the clock. The twist? Fourteen Party Power tiles shake things up mid-game. Draw The Thief and you get to steal a tile straight off an opponent's grid. Draw Switcheroo and two players swap seats, grids and letters on the spot. Draw Pouch Head and you're stuck wearing the little banana pouch on your head until the next draw. This familiar word game turns into a full-blown party game, where quick thinking matters just as much as a good sense of humor.

You'll probably love Bananagrams Party if you already enjoy Scrabble-style word games but sometimes wish they moved faster and got a little louder: here, you draw fast, laugh hard and accept losing your dignity for thirty seconds for the good of the group. It's the perfect way to close out a game night with friends or spice up a family dinner that's gotten a bit too quiet, as long as you're up for wild twists and silly penalties as much as clever wordplay.

The original Bananagrams concept was born in the living room of the Nathanson family of Cranston, Rhode Island, where three generations of word game fans wanted something faster than Scrabble; the original game launched at the London Toy Fair in 2006 and was later named Game of the Year by the Toy Industry Association in 2009. Bananagrams Party pushes that same addictive formula even further: it's one of the rare boxes that truly blends a word game with a chaos-filled mix of physical and social challenges, a combination even reflected in BoardGameGeek's own categories, which file the title under word game, party game and real-time game all at once.

That same inventive family spirit still runs through the Bananagrams brand, and this Party edition features the colorful artwork of illustrator Kendra Harrington, who designed the Party Power tiles and the box's playful look.

BOX CONTENTS
144 letter tiles
14 Party Power tiles
Rulebook

Number of players: 2 to 8
Duration: 20 minutes
Age: 10 and up