Homeschoolingmama

We recently purchased FReNeTiC game after some deliberation.  As a guidance the game is aimed at those 8+ (but this depends entirely on child and ability-you may find your 6 year old enjoying the game). How does it work? Initially I was in two minds about purchasing another words game. We've thoroughly enjoyed our Bananagram game (see blog post here ), and therefore didn't want another game that was very similar. However, even though word building is involved, this game is has a completely different structure and style.  The game board is the periodic table (symbols and atomic numbers), and alongside the board you use the tiles. There are 96 tiles with symbols and atomic numbers.  The rules of the game are simple, you can play in teams or solo, and using the timer it is all about word building.  At that start of play, the first player removes 8 tiles fr...