GAME REVIEWS: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

Shake the bottle, roll the letter dice, and see if you can make a message in the bottle or at least one word.

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Each round, the bottle is shaken with the letter dice inside and placed flat in the center of the table. The round begins immediately. Everyone looks at the letters on the dice and races to be the first to name a word that contains all of them. The first person to spell a correct word wins a diamond. If a player gives an incorrect answer, they lose one diamond and are out of the round. The same word may not be used twice in a game, however. If a player believes there is no correct word, they may say ”no word.” There is then a 10 second countdown. If someone else spells a word during those 10 seconds, they gain a diamond and the player who said “no word” loses a