Pass the Bomb
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Pass the Bomb is an award-winning word game
invented by Los Rodrigues, licenced by Weekend Games and published by Piatnik. It consists of a timer in the shape of a black grenade
with a string fuse. Pressing a button starts a loud ticking and, after a random time interval, the sound of an explosion. Players must pass the bomb from hand to hand to avoid being blown up but, in order to do this, they must say a new word. This word must contain letters from a card which is turned to start the round. For example, if the letters are KE then the word might be keep or spike. Thirteen rounds are played and the player who has lost the least lives is the winner.
Rumour has it that it was originally invented by an Australian.
The original version contains a dice which restricts the location of the letters within each word. The smaller travel version has an extra-loud bomb but no dice.
Word game
Word games and puzzles are spoken or board games often designed to test ability with language or to explore its properties.Word games are generally engaged as a source of entertainment, but have been found to serve an educational purpose as well...
invented by Los Rodrigues, licenced by Weekend Games and published by Piatnik. It consists of a timer in the shape of a black grenade
Grenade
A grenade is a small explosive device that is projected a safe distance away by its user. Soldiers called grenadiers specialize in the use of grenades. The term hand grenade refers any grenade designed to be hand thrown. Grenade Launchers are firearms designed to fire explosive projectile grenades...
with a string fuse. Pressing a button starts a loud ticking and, after a random time interval, the sound of an explosion. Players must pass the bomb from hand to hand to avoid being blown up but, in order to do this, they must say a new word. This word must contain letters from a card which is turned to start the round. For example, if the letters are KE then the word might be keep or spike. Thirteen rounds are played and the player who has lost the least lives is the winner.
Rumour has it that it was originally invented by an Australian.
The original version contains a dice which restricts the location of the letters within each word. The smaller travel version has an extra-loud bomb but no dice.