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If you're a fan of word games and love the strategy of building a deck, Paperback is a treat that will pleasantly surprise you!
- Innovative word mechanic
- Addictive deck-building
- Engaging literary theme
- Fun cooperative mode
- High replayability
- Language dependent
- May not appeal to non-spellers
About the game
What you do in a play session
At the start, each player receives a basic deck with letter cards and some wild cards. Each round, the mission is to form the best possible word with the cards in your hand. The more points your word earns, the more 'money' you get to buy more powerful letters for your deck. And that's not all: many of these letters come with special abilities that activate when you use them in your word, like drawing more cards or doubling a letter's score. The ultimate goal is to accumulate victory points by purchasing special wild cards.
The game also offers a cooperative mode, in case you prefer to join forces with your friends to face the editor's challenge together. It's a game that makes you think, laugh at the most bizarre words you manage to form, and gives you that satisfying feeling of building something from scratch. If you enjoy a good vocabulary challenge and love the strategy of building an increasingly strong deck, Paperback is the perfect choice for your table!
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