ALPHABOK RULES
PLAY:
1. Select one of the Key
Phrases.
2. Spell out the phrase
vertically on the circled squares on the playing board. Leave NO
space between words.
3. Build words from left
to right using each letter of the Key Phrase as the first letter of each
word.
4. Word building may begin
at any row.
5. The real challenge of
AlphaBok begins when the player finds they are unable to complete the words
with the unused letters and must rebuild previous words by revisions, deletions
and additions.
6. The game is won when
a word is built from each key letter and all 200 letters have been used.
RULES:
1. Words must not be less
than 5 letters in length or more than 10 letters.
2. Proper nouns, foreign
words, contractions and abbreviations may NOT be used.
3. Plurals, tense endings,
compound and hyphenated words ARE allowed.
4. A word or any of its
variations may NOT be used twice in a game.
5. The dictionary is the
final reference for the spelling and legitimacy of any words used.
KEY PHRASES:
1. DOUBLE DOUBLE TOIL AND
TROUBLE
2. LITTLE STROKES FELL GREAT
OAKS
3. WHAT IS THIS THAT THOU
HAST DONE
4. KEEP COOL ANGER IS NOT
ARGUMENT
5. GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE
ME DEATH
6. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR
DAILY BREAD
7. ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES
ANOTHER
8. THAN NEVER TO HAVE FOUGHT
AT ALL
9. ONE NIGHT ON THE WAY
TO THE FORUM
10. DEXTERITY COMES BY EXPERIENCE
11. HE THAT IS TOO SECURE
IS NOT SAFE
12. HE THAT WILL CONQUER
MUST FIGHT
13. IT NEVER RAINS BUT WHAT
IT POURS
14. THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE
ARE FREE
15. THE PROVERB IS SOMETHING
MUSTY
16. TOO MUCH CONSULTING
CONFOUNDS
17. WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN
BUT HIS WORD
18. FAINT HEART NEVER WON
FAIR LADY
For more difficult
games:
19. A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY
EARNED
20. AND NEVER THE TWAIN
SHALL MEET
21. HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A
GREAT FALL
22. HUNGER MAKES HARD BEANS
SWEET
23. LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING
DOWN
24. NEVER GO BROKE TAKING
A PROFIT
25. THE KINDLY FRUITS OF
THE EARTH