Leaping Letters Word Game

The Game

The librarian has locked up all of the “naughty” books in the library. Letters will "leap" from their book titles to make three-letter words in their escape attempts.

Playing in rounds, players form three-letter words using specific patterns (X--, -X-, --X) as indicated in the book title letter cards. They collect library cards worth the value of the word made. The round winner exchanges their library cards for a key. Five keys enable the escape and wins the game.

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SETUP

1. Shuffle the Letter Cards.
2. Place three Letter Cards face up as the initial set of community cards.
3. Deal five Letter Cards to each player.
4. Place the remaining Letter Cards face down as a draw pile.
5. Place the Key Cards in a draw pile
6. Place the Library Cards in three separate decks (3,4,5).

GAME PLAY

Play in rounds, collecting Library Cards and exchanging them for Key Cards. Players take turns playing until someone has no cards left in their hand. On each turn, a player can perform one action:

Use one of their Letter Cards to form a word with two community cards *or*
Exchange one of their Letter Cards with the next card in the Letter Card draw pile *or*
Draw a new Letter Card and attempt to play it immediately.

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