The Underrated Joy Of Boggle
By Olivia Honan
Staff Reporter December 20, 2017 Holidays are the time for eating food, being with family and playing games!
One of the best and most underrated classics is Boggle. Boggle has been around for 45 years since being invented by Bill Cooke and Allan Turoff. It is played by picking words from the randomly arranged 16 letter grid. It is a game that requires a knowledge of many words and a good eye to find the highest scoring ones. Although Boggle sounds like any other game there are several factors that push it to the top as far as entertainment value. Boggle has one thing most other games lack, fast-paced gameplay. Setup and gameplay take less than five minutes leading to quick rounds at a constant rate. There is no waiting for turns, only the tension between you and the clock. Along with the quick gameplay comes the element of variety. The actions never drift into tedious repetitiveness because the board changes with every round allowing for an almost entirely different game every time. Boggle's aspect of constant focus may make it seem like it's a quiet or boring game but when the moments of silent tension are broken by a light joke or quick conversation it makes boggle even more fun to play with acquaintances or close friends. For those who seek a more intense variation, sadly there aren't any national tournaments yet, but for anyone in higher education you can join one of the various clubs hosted at universities such as Dartmouth, the University of Michigan, and Berkeley. But you don't need to be in the "big leagues" to agree that Boggle is the best game to play with friends family and all holiday long. |
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