Kiitos

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• ketose is a word game for two to four players in which players will use a handful of letter cards to attempt to spell words or force opponents to spell them for them
• the player with the highest score wins
• ketose is about to be launched on Kickstarter so we'll put the link in the description below when it's active

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Active word declaration — The first player declares the active word for the round, and subsequent players must add the next letter if they can.
• Completion and scoring — If a word is completed, the declarer claims the cards to a positive scoring pile; if not possible, players can shift strategy and declare a new word, moving cards to a negative pile.
• Difficulty and challenge mechanics — Challenging a word invokes a dictionary check; if challenged successfully, the challenger captures the negative card; if failed, the challenger takes the negative card.
• Letter card placement and word-building — Players take turns adding letters to form a continuing word, or rewrite the active word when possible, with the word judged valid by the group.
• Rule cards variants and flip mechanism — Three rule cards add variants; in the full version, completing a word flips a counter to prevent double flipping in a row.
• Scoring piles and draw rules — After each word resolution, all players draw back up to eight cards, and play continues; the round ends when letter cards run out.
• Seasoning cards — Four seasoning cards spice up play by adding easier/harder/complicated twists to the routine.
• Word Building — Players take turns adding letters to form a continuing word, or rewrite the active word when possible, with the word judged valid by the group.
• Word validation and dictionary — A dictionary is recommended to confirm word validity; challenges depend on common lexicon standards (e.g., Wiktionary for example words).

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• "Kiitos is a game for 2 to 4 players attempting to complete words using letter cards from their hand."
• "Valid" is a subjective term, though.
• "The game strongly recommends players agree on a dictionary to check the validity of words before playing, because if someone doesn't think your word is real they can challenge it."
• "If the challenge succeeds, you add the challenge card to your negative pile and think of a new word."
• "If the challenge fails, because Wiktionary totally accepts \"octopodes\" as a plural of \"octopus\""
• "Every time a word is completed or scrapped, each player draws back up to eight and whoever last pick up cards from the table begins again."
• "Not quite."
• "a word they flip one, marking it with a counter to ensure it isn't flipped twice in a row."
• "There are a lot of different ways you could play this. Go deep into the probabilities and card-counting,"
• "Go light-hearted and pick the first word that comes to mind, because it's confusing enough as it is."
• "Kiitos is definitely one for the word nerds who are looking for a bit more interaction and opportunities to mess with your opponents than Bananagrams or Scrabble affords you."
• "It's small, portable, quick to set up, easy to teach, and a complete bastard to master."
• "Damn."

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