Game mechanics in two distinct ways: Examples of tile mechanics include: "Scrabble", in which tiles are letters and players lay them down to form words and score points; and "Tikal", in which players lay tiles representing newly explored areas of jungle, through which archaeologists (represented by tokens) must move to score game points. Worker placement is a game mechanism where players allocate a limited number of tokens ("workers") to multiple stations that provide various defined actions. The worker placement mechanism originates with board games. Stewart Woods identifies "Keydom" (1998; later remade and updated as "Aladdin's Dragons") as the first game to implement
Play On Words (game) new word. Play then alternates back to player one. Play continues, with each player building at least one NEW word on their turn and having the option of capturing opponents' words by making "play-ons." When the stacks are gone, play ends and players count their points. Players receive one point per letter on their side of the table. The player with the most points wins that round. The game can be played in multiple rounds. Play on Words includes not only single letter cards, but word combo cards, "flip" cards (allowing players to choose a letter), and wild cards (for