Boggle
A computer version of the classic word finding game. 16 lettered dice are rolled and arranged in a square. The player then has a limited amount of time to find as many words as possible in the grid. New game…
Boggle is a card & board game developed by PCA Inc., released 31 December 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Boggle is
Boggle is a card & board game game developed by PCA Inc. and released in 1997. It was published by Hasbro Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A computer version of the classic word finding game. 16 lettered dice are rolled and arranged in a square. The player then has a limited amount of time to find as many words as possible in the grid. New game variations for the computer include a 4X4X4 cube of dice for finding words, a head-to-head game where players place the dice themselves before looking for words, and two tetris-like games where players must find words among onrushing Boggle dice.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Boggle series
Boggle is the second of 8 entries we hold in the Boggle series. It arrived 6 years after Boggle Plus. The next entry was Hand Held Boggle in 2003.
How it was received
Boggle holds a critic score of 51 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 14 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Boggle launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
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