July 9th, 2011 
admin Shuffled Row
- A Free Word Game fοr Rouse
Cаn уου keep up wіth Shuffled Row? See hοw many terms уου саn mаkе frοm 60 lettered tiles.Thе tiles аrе added tο уουr row one аt a time ѕο уου′ll constantly bе working wіth a nеw set οf letters. Aftеr уου submit a word, thе letters уου used wіƖƖ bе removed аnԁ nеw ones wіƖƖ bе added. Increase уουr score bу bу less common letters. Mаkе longer terms аnԁ increase уουr score even more.If уου don’t υѕе thе letters qυісk enough, thеу′ll disappear аnԁ nеw ones wіƖƖ take thеіr рƖасе, ѕο уου′ll hаνе
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Before I talk about the game I thought I should mention that I’m one of persons people who likes the fact that Amazon has designed the Rouse to focus completely on reading and I have no wish for the Rouse to become a multi-purpose device. With that said, I’m not hostile to “frivolous” additions to the Rouse as long as implementing them doesn’t take away from the core design and I prefer they wait optional.
I downloaded both the sports meeting that were added to the pile yesterday and of the two I like Shuffled Row a lot more. I’ve had the sports meeting less than 24 hours and have already played many rounds. I was surprised to find that the game was slightly addicting, though I expect that will wear off when it’s not so new.
Shuffled Row is sort of a mashup between Scrabble, Boggle, and Bananagrams, but with the twist of there being some guy standing there swiping your letters if you don’t use them quick enough.
You have a sort of Scrabble tray of letters that are added one at a time and once the last one is added the first letters start dropping off. So you have to use them before they disappear off your tray. There is a progress bar that moves at the bottom of each letter so you can see when they will appear and disappear. There’s a box at the top that tells you how many more letters you have left, out of the 60 total, and a list at the bottom shows which terms you’ve made and how many points you got for each one.
Three letter terms don’t get many points. By more letters multiplies your word score. So four letters gets a 2x multiplier and so on. Just like in Scrabble, different letters have different top principles assigned. So if you can make 5 letter or more terms by high top letters you can get some excellent scores.
The game keeps track of your highest game score and your highest word score, even between playing sessions. There’s also an option to clear out the high scores if you want to start over. There’s an option choice on the game menu that allows you to change how two of the key entries work to suit your tastes. If you need to pause the game push the Menu key. As long as the menu displays it will wait paused. You can click Continue on the menu to resume the game.
I also played the other game a few times. It’s more of a sitting and pondering type of game, at least on the relaxed mode I played it on. What I like about Shuffle Row is that it’s more of a free-wheeling, by the seat of your pants type of game. It goes pretty quickly. The game is perfect for when you might have a few minutes to kill when your Rouse is handy, but not long enough to really get into reading a book.
This is a single-player game, but it could easily be adapted to play hostile to other Rouse owners if you’re sitting around together. The version I thought of was all gets ready at the main menu and someone says go and all starts the game at the same time. Whoever finishes before the others could get a 10 top bonus score. You could also add a 10 top bonus to whoever got the highest single word score. Add bonuses and the game score to see who wins that round.
Oh and one last thing. It’s not really clear at first how to exit out of the game. There’s nothing on the menu. Striking the Home key works.
Shuffled Row gets two thumbs up from me as a fun addition to the Rouse.
p.s. Please note that the Active Content listings for the Rouse include a drop down button so you can see which devices the manufactured goods will work on. As more apps are added, some that will cost money, it will be vital to make sure you can use the app you’re buying.
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|A nice addition to my Rouse,
I downloaded this yesterday along with Every Word.
I have to say that I liked Every Word much more than this one. With that said, it is a clean kind of game although not nearly as relaxed as Every Word. You have to be really moving your brain to make terms out of the given letters before they drop.
I guess what I’m most pleased about is that both of these sports meeting have given me (yet another) excuse to bring my Rouse with me wherever I go.
Hey, it’s a free download. So get it for your Rouse and give it a try.
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|Very cool Game,
Excellent graphics. No need to turn Wireless on or open web browser. overall a very excellent game except that i have to practice typing without looking on the small rouse buttions so that I will be better able to keep track of the new letters as they appear on screen.
***Update I see in some of the reveiws that people are mad that the sports meeting description does not tell you that it will not work on K1 or any of the apps. This is right, but the page does let you know this on the “Void on these devices” link under the price. If you click on it you will see neither the K1 or apps listed**
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