Golem word game

Rules

Golem Word Game is a word game for two players. The aim is to find words on the board. Players remove tiles, which are replaced with tiles from the bag. The order of the tiles in the bag is known. Players score points according to the rules below. The player with the higher score at the end wins. The game has three phases:

1. Auction, bidding

Players bid points to their opponent for the right to move first. The higher bidder starts the game. This compensates for the potentially decisive advantage of moving first.

2. Middle game

On a turn, a player must form a valid English word or select a single tile. Players score points for the selected tiles. These tiles are removed from the board and replaced with tiles from the bag. Two tiles are marked with ‘’. These are wild tiles: each can represent any sequence of one or more letters. For example, TI can represent TAXI.

Scoring. A word scores the sum of its tile values. If it uses at least three tiles and includes the red tile, the score is tripled; if it includes the blue tile, the score is doubled. For example, WAIT scores 18 points. A word made from seven or more tiles scores double. For example, OUTWAIT scores 54 points.

3. Ending

Towards the end of the game, the bag is empty and the board is no longer full.

It is now possible to connect tiles across empty spaces. For example, TATTOO is a valid word and scores 54 points.