Alphabet Stoop - Clever word game with action point selection.
hello everyone it's Stella and Taryn here from Maple University today we'll show you a quick how to play or overview for alphabet stew let's get to the game alphabet stoop is a tactical word building game in which players are postmen delivering words to the neighborhood it was designed by Charlie McCarron and published by pops and B2 games the game plays two to five players in 20 minutes and is of light complexity in alphabet stoop it's parcel delivery time The Paperboy has already been this morning leaving a subscription on all of the town's Stoops either a newspaper representing a vowel or a magazine representing a wild letter now your Postman need to make their way across the town delivering consonants in the form of parcels to make and build upon complete words on your turn you'll take three actions which can be any combination of moving one of your carriers to an adjacent stoop and dropping off a parcel you can rearrange the letters on any one of these cards when you drop off a parcel and at the end of your turn after multiple drop-offs if necessary each card must spell out a completed word you'll make the first word out of the letters which were present at the start of the game or can add letters to a word that a player has made before you make use of the magazines which can serve as any letter be the one who makes a word which matches the size depicted on a pink card and you'll gain a bonus envelope which you can later deliver as a free action to serve as a wild letter and whenever you deliver to a green stoop you get to place one of your stamps in its corner replacing any other player's stamp which might already be there players score one point for each card where they've delivered at least one parcel and for each of their stamps on the board the first to nine points or the first to deliver all 12 of their Parcels will win alphabet stoop is a clever game of small words for ages 7 and up the game is helpful in the learning of simple words letter combinations and informing anagrams older players will also enjoy making word combinations which can't be built upon making for a tight and tactical encounter the rapid setup and breakdown time the flippable parcels to provide all different combinations of consonants makes for a replayable learning experience and that's our quick how to play for we are using a prototype copy of the game and so the rules and components may not be final and do check out the project page for the game we'll put a link to that in the description below thank you so much for watching everything you do will help us and let us know that you're there and make sure you're doing something fun today see you next time