Flip to Win Hangman

Wooden word guessing game.

Hangman, a word guessing game that has been played forever in 2D with paper and pencil, is now available in 3D.

As I mentioned, this game has been around for a long time, and the name "Hangman" was just accepted back then. Like Old Maid, people still make games without considering the name, even though it may be offensive to some. Teachers Pay Teachers recently said that we cannot make resources based on the game Battle Ship, because battle is traumatizing. If you want to make up another name for it, cover up the word "hangman" at the top and make up your own name.

This is a solid wooden board measuring 8" x 10.25". It is .5" thick. The blue banner at the top of the image (above) is part of the packaging, not the board. The white part at the bottom is part of the game and where you will write with a dry erase marker. There are two elastic hoops on the right hand side where you can store the dry erase maker when you are not playing. FYI - Erase any marks on the board as soon as you are done. Even dry erase marker will be permanent if you leave it on too long.

There are 26 capital letters (A-Z) on small wooden blocks that are tethered to the board by a thick elastic cord. There is an 11 piece person, also made of wooden blocks that are tethered to the board by a thick elastic cord. You are able to flip all of these blocks, and they are all blank on the back.

The blocks will take a little strength to turn. 

The goal of this game is to guess the letters of a word before all the pieces of the person have been turned. Let's look at the rules.

Object:

Guess the word before turning all the pieces of the person face up.

Set up:

Place the board between the players. Make sure all the alphabet blocks are facing up, so you can see them. Turn the blocks for the person so that the blank back side of the blocks are showing. Player 1 will think of the word and player 2 will make the guesses. Player 1 draws blanks on the white area at the bottom, one line for each letter in the word. For instance, if the word is "party", he will draw _ _ _ _ _

Play:

Player 2 now starts guessing letters. Each time a letter is guessed, Player 1 will turn that letter over, so it won't be called again. If the letter is in the word, he will write it on the correct line. If the letter is not in the word, Player 1 will turn over one piece of the hangman. Player 2 continues to call letters, guessing the word when he thinks he has it. If he guesses it before all 11 pieces of the hangman are turned over, he wins. It not, he loses. Players now exchange roles and play again.

Try this:

• Practice turning the blocks before playing to get the hang of it. See if you can find a strategy to make it easier if you have trouble.
  
• Practice spelling words.
• Start with some of the body pieces already turned face down, thus limiting the number of turns the other player gets to figure out the word.
• Start with the letters all face down. A player turns one letter over at a time to guess if it is in the word. Since the letters are in order, the individual can run through the alphabet over and over, naming the blocks, to get the letters he wants.
• Play a game of letter recognition. Call a letter, the other player must find it and turn it over. Then write a word that starts with that letter. Erase it and another person calls a letter, etc.
• Write your letters in lower case, even though you will be looking at all upper case.
• Let player 2 call out a body part to turn over if he gets a letter wrong.
  
• Work on visual discrimination, figure ground, letter recognition, body parts names, manual dexterity, writing practice, visual closure, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation.
  

In the box: 1 wooden board, including one dry erase maker