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Vowels Are Free Has Arrived

12/14/2012

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Vowels Are Free has arrived in its fancy prototype version. The game was originally playtested with scavenged Scrabble parts. This iteration was created via The Game Crafter. It includes 4 letter racks, 5 felt draw-string bags, 4 players' letters, vowels, and a timer.

It seems that wooden letter tiles are very hard to find and expensive when you do find them. They are popular among scrapbookers and others doing crafts. As a compromise I've used TGC's shards; 0.75" square cards. The advantage is I'm able to print on both sides, so each player has a distinct back for sorting tiles. The disadvantage is that they are only the thickness of a playing card, so they may be difficult to pick up and move.

Other than that, I have found one issue. I ordered a 150-second timer. In hindsight, that seemed too long of a time limit. When I tested the timer, it actually runs closer to 2:45, so that seems way too long. I've updated to a 2 minute timer for future editions.

I'm sure there will be other kinks to work out. Now that I have this spiffy new version of the game, hopefully I can find people to play it.
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    Dusty (CrassPip) has been playing geek games for 30 years(!) and making his own for nearly as long. Recently, he's actually gotten games beyond the imagination stage.

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