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This is what the board looked like after my first try at Jumbulaya.  I won 41 to 14, having claimed 6 of the 9 lines and making a 7 letter "Jumbulaya," which I marked off with little flames. :)
Game
Jumbulaya
Letter tiles and plastic cubes.
Jumbulaya as rendered at Boardspace.net

Jumbulaya (2007)

Players
2–4
Best: 2
Playing time
60–60 min
Age
13+
6.14
Average rating
53
Ratings
2.20/5
Weight
#22309
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Julie Archer, Karl Archer
Publisher:Platypus Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 4.4, Theme 3
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.4
Theme3.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Each player works with five letter tiles on his/her tray and all the letters on the board, rearranging, adding, and trading them, building and claiming longer and longer words each turn. Simultaneously, as players build words horizontally, they also look for a JUMBULAYA. A JUMBULAYA is a seven-, eight-, or nine-tile word that can be spelled vertically on the board. Players will be able to strategize and plan multiple moves ahead to create longer and longer words. A player earns points for all lines he/she claims, bonus points for using "letter-combo" tiles, and even more points for being the first to find a JUMBULAYA. The player who earns the most points, wins!

2008 Mensa Select 2008 GAMES Magazine Word Game of the Year

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