Though not a "main course" type of game for a game night, "Scrabble Slam" makes for a good appetizer or dessert game after a filling meal like "Risk" or "Settlers of Catan." In fact, it's not as challenging as a game of Scrabble, but it is good for younger audiences learning vocabulary, as well as a great way to kill 15 minutes.Play starts with a pre-selected four-letter word- a clean four-letter word. The rest of the letter-based cards are dealt to all players. The first person to "slam" down a new letter to make a new four-letter word and empty their hand, wins. That's it. There's no strategy about when to play a card or who gets to play a card- just whoever can get there first. In fact, the rules don't forbid the repeat of words, so play could involve the monotony of "slid," "slim," "slid," "slim," etc. This is easily rectified by implementing your own house rules that can turn a game as basic and simple as "Uno" into a game so cutthroat that you're liable to end up with a black eye by the end of it.
At least that's how it's played at Casa de Game Guy.
Great for families with kids, or a rowdy group of co-workers on lunch break, "Scrabble Slam" isn't the Mecca of gaming, but at under $10, it's a good quick diversion.
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