Candygrams takes random to a whole new level
What’s a board game without randomness? Think checkers. It's a fun and timeless game and simple in its design. Both players have the same number of pieces and both can make the same moves. But checkers is primarily based on recognizing that there’s an "optimal" move on every turn. This reduces what game designers call “re-playability.” If, for example, you knew you couldn’t possibly beat someone at checkers no matter how good you got, would you even want to play checkers at all?
What’s a board game with too much randomness? Boring and stale. Imagine a simple game of flipping a coin — heads you win, tails you lose. Now imagine playing coin toss for an hour. Pretty soon, you’d begin to wonder why you were wasting your time. That’s because you want a game that’s fun and challenging. And you especially want to feel your individual skills matter. In other words, you expect to win based on your ability to successfully pull off your own unique strategy.
That’s why the greatest and most popular board games ever invented are based on strategic skills. But, they also have that perfect infusion of randomness — cards, tiles, or tokens that provide you with wonderfully challenging options.
Most anagram word games, including Candygrams, introduce an element of chance when the players draw random letters from a face-down pile. But the similarities end there, because Candygrams takes randomness to a whole new level. Candygrams is unique among crossword games because after the initial letter draw, each player builds their own crossword and gets to start every new round with a roll of the dice. It’s that random dice roll that adds just the right element of excitement, suspense, and unpredictability. Every new roll makes it anybody’s game. Because, depending on how the dice land, every player is given another opening for their own strategic move.
Luck, of course, isn’t the only factor that determines who wins Candygrams. Players with a strong vocabulary and those who are skilled at creating words will still have a better chance at victory. But rolling the dice evens up the game and gives an opportunity for a modest player, or even a novice, to win over a seasoned anagram wordsmith. That’s why Candygrams is hand’s down the best crossword game for intergenerational play.
Unlike any other word game on the market, Candygrams starts every round with an unpredictable roll of the dice. This exciting element of randomness can turn the game on a dime. That’s why we say, “To win, you’ll need just the right combination of skill, strategy…and luck!”