Boggle Plus Game Boy Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Parker Bros By: GammaBetaAlpha ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Table of Contents -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ How to Play [HOWT] Modes [MODE] Donations/Amazon [DONT] Contact Info [CONT] Credits [CRED] ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- How to Play -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [HOWT] Boggle Plus is made up of the classic Boggle game, computerised, along with a larger size of Boggle and three extra games based around the Boggle concept. In a 4x4 grid, you are given 16 letters (or possibly more, as Q will always come as Qu). You can select a letter, then select any of the up to eight letters right around it in the cardinal and diagonal directions, and then any of the letters around the second letter, to string together a word from 3 to 9 letters in length. Each letter can be used only once per word, but you can use the letters as many times as you want to form as many words as you can find. For example, in a grid with a row that had the word RATS, you could first combine R-A-T to come up with RAT, then combine R-A-T-S to get the plural form RATS, and then use S-T -A-R to get STAR. Given how anachronistic this game is, a lot of words may not be recognised. You are, however, given the chance after each game is over to override rejected words and have them be accepted either, up to an apparent maximum of 25 words per game (of course, getting anywhere near that limit is unlikely). Points are awarded on the basis of the letter length of each word. When playing against an opponent, human or computer, words that are discovered by two or more people are invalidated and not counted towards the total score. Scoring ------- Roughly, the scoring mechanism of this game goes along as: 3 letters - 1 point 4 letters - 1 point 5 letters - 2 points 6 letters - 3 points 7 letters - 5 points 8 letters - 11 points 9 letters - 11 points Computer Opponents ------------------ Although this may not be a technically accurate list, this is generally a good list to follow for how smart the A.I. of each opponent is, from smartest to least smart. Charles Hilary Pearl Rebecca Ira Irving Sarah Jim ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Modes -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [MODE] Boggle ------ This is the regular, standard game with 4x4 grid. Big Boggle ---------- The Boggle screen is expanded to a 5x5 grid, so you are given 25 letters to work with instead of 16. Anagram ------- You will be given a Boggle screen with only a limited number of letters. To win, you must descramble the given letters and figure out what word they make up, and then how to achieve that using the Boggle rules. Different difficulties give you harder and longer words to descramble. Categories ---------- You will be given a Boggle screen with a limited number of letters, and a category to find words that belong to that category. For example, if you are given the category 'Army', two of the words that may belong to that category are 'FATIGUES' and 'FORT'. Use All ------- A full 5x5 Boggle screen shall be given to you, but with a twist: every time you use a letter on a word, that letter vanishes, permanently. Your goal is to use up all 25 letter boxes - if you eventually run out of words to create, you can choose the option Scramble Cubes from your Start Menu to change the remaining letters to try to piece together words again. Using the Scramble Cubes option more than three times during a single game shall reduce your Bonus Points. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Donations/Amazon -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [DONT] I don't really care too much about donations, but if you are feeling generous, feel free to send one via PayPal to gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com Alternatively, if you ever order any items from Amazon.com, go to the link below. You do not have to buy anything right away, but (if you do not clear browser cookies often) any items you buy within the next 90 days will count as a 'referral order' to me, meaning I get anywhere from 4-6% as a referral/affiliate payment of what you ordered (ie. order $100 worth of stuff, I get $4-6 from Amazon.com) www.amazon.com/?&camp=212361&linkCode=wsw&tag=raofavigafa-20&creative=391881 Other than that, considering this FAQ is for an obscure old game, if you have any other obscure old games that you do not play anymore, consider sending them to me (I will even pay the shipping cost!). I write FAQs for plenty of obscure old games with no FAQs, and having a physical copy of the game (and even better, a manual) is superior to not. You can email me if interested at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Contact Info -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [CONT] Although I believe I have found everything there is to find in this game, there is occasionally the possibility of some super secret level in an obscure game that was never found because it was too obscure, or the like. If you have anything that you feel needs to be includes, feel free to email me at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com If you have any other information to contribute or notice any errors, again, shoot me a notice at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com If you wish to host this guide, or use information from it, consider the FAQ semi-public domain: you can host it without asking and derive information from it word-for-word if you wish, but keep the document unchanged if hosting it and give credit where due if using information ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Credits -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [CRED] Wikipedia article on Boggle: Editors of articles and sources, et al. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boggle ________________________________________________________________________________ ©2011 GammaBetaAlpha FAQs