Table feel
Moderate level of interaction
Rich game profile
Buyword
BuyWord is a game of words with a twist. You pay good hard cash to buy your letters, then form a word to sell at a profit, if you can. Your payoff depends on the quantity and the quality of the letters in your word. BuyWord mixes basic mathematics, money management, and good old-...
Players
1-4
Time
?-?
Age
8+
Weight
1.81
Rating
6.24
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Moderate level of interaction
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
1.8
Low interaction
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Buyword offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, providing new content and gameplay elements. The game also offers deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their tactics and strategies over time. The player interaction score is fixed at 1.8. Buyword scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it falls within the range of moderate difficulty, offering a good balance between ease of learning and depth of gameplay. Overall, Buyword has a strong replayability score of 7.8, making it a game that can be enjoyed multiple times.
Luck profile
Buyword has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have a substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, which makes luck play a minor role in determining the game outcome. Overall, Buyword is a game that relies more on player decisions and strategy rather than luck.
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BuyWord is a game of words with a twist. You pay good hard cash to buy your letters, then form a word to sell at a profit, if you can. Your payoff depends on the quantity and the quality of the letters in your word. BuyWord mixes basic mathematics, money management, and good old-fashioned word-building in a simple, yet elegant blend that keeps every player involved in every turn until the very end. BuyWord is the second game in the Sid Sackson Signature Series. Won Games Magazine Game of the Year award in 2005.
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Designers
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Sid Sackson
Publishers
2
Eagle-Gryphon Games
Face2Face Games
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