More Ways to Play!
Use your copy of Alfabeto to play fun new variations!
alfabeto: sketch
Objective: Be the first team to guess the word using only the Category, Letter and the drawing as a clue!
How to play:
Works with 4-12 players
Form teams of 2-6 players
One player is designated the ‘Artist’ for the round
One Category and Letter Card is revealed for the round.
All Artists then have 1 minute to draw the word they thought of while the rest of their team guesses their word.
The first team to guess the word correctly wins the round. Win the game by being the first player to win a predetermined amount of rounds.
Alternative rule is to set a longer time limit and flipping a new Category card every time your team correctly guesses the Artist’s drawing. Set a number of rounds for the game to last and the team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Head to Head
Objective: Collect the most Letter Cards in a head to head battle
How to Play:
Works with 2 players
One player is in charge of flipping Category Cards and the other player flips the Letter Cards
The Category flipper reveals the Category first.
The Letter flipper reveals the Letter Card second
Both players now race to be the first to shout a word that fits the Category and starts with the revealed Letter
In a tie, the Letter flipper reveals a new Letter Card for the Category. The first person to shout a correct new word wins.
Players may not repeat words from previous rounds.
play with a big group!
Objective: Be the player that collects the most Letter cards out of the group!
How to Play:
Works with 3-12 players
One player is designated the Dealer
The Dealer starts by revealing and verbally announcing the Category Card
The Dealer then reveals and verbally announces the Letter Card
All Players will race to be the first to shout a word that fits the Category and starts with the Letter Card revealed by the Dealer
The Dealer chooses the winner based on who they heard to be the first to shout the correct word. In a tie, the Dealer flips an additional Letter Card and the first person to shout a new word with the new Letter wins
Players may not repeat words from previous rounds.
Alfabeto: circle!
Objective: Think of words that fit the Category and don’t be the last person to fail to name a word!
How to Play:
Works with 3-12 players
The game is played with just the Category Cards (Letter Cards can be added for a higher level of difficulty)
One Player is the named the Dealer
The Dealer starts the game by revealing the Category for the round.
The player to the right of the Dealer starts the game by naming the first word for the Category. Going around the circle one at a time clockwise, each player has 5 seconds to name another word that fits the Category.
The first Player that fails to correctly name a word for the Category loses.
Score can be kept by counting loses and the winner is the player with the fewest number of loses
alfabeto: act
Objective: Be the first team to guess the word using only the Category, Letter and the acting as a clue!
How to play:
Works with 4-12 players
Form teams of 2-6 players
One player is designated the ‘Actor’ for the round
One Category and Letter Card is revealed for the round.
All Actors then have 1 minute to act the word they thought of while the rest of their team guesses their word.
The first team to guess the word correctly wins the round. Win the game by being the first player to win a predetermined amount of rounds.
Alternative rule is to set a longer time limit and flipping a new Category card every time your team correctly guesses the Actor’s word. Set a number of rounds for the game to last and the team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
alfabeto: Letter-Grab
Objective: Be the player with the most Letter Cards at the end of the timer!
How to play:
Works with 2-4 players
Prepare the game by placing in Alphabetical order one Letter for watch letters of the alphabet in a grid on the table in front of the players.
The game starts by flipping a single Category Card.
All players race to pick up Letter Cards after they shout a word that starts with the chosen Letter and fits the Category.
Players continue to pick up Letter Cards until all Letters have been picked up or players are unable to name any more words.
The player who picked up the most Letters wins the round.
alfabeto: Category-blitz
Be the player who can write down the most words that fit a Category and Letter combination!
How to play:
Works with 2-12 players
Each player get a sheet of paper and a pen.
A Category and Letter Card are revealed.
Set a timer for 1 minute and each player writes down as many words as they can think of that fit the Category and Letter Card revealed.
At the end of the round each player reads off their list of words. If any other player wrote the same word they all cross off the word from the list.
Players count the amount of unique words they each were able to come up with.
The game ends when a specified number of points has been reached or the total points for each player is tallied at the end of a specified number of rounds.
alfabeto: letter learn
Ages: 3-6 Years
Objective: Name a word that starts with a particular Letter!
How to play:
Works with 1-12 Players
Play with just the Letter Cards
The Dealer of the game reveals the Letter card and the players race to be the first to think of a word that starts with the Letter revealed.
Alternatively, rather than having a race - each player can have a turn at naming a word that starts with the Letter. The only rule being that you cannot copy another players answer
alfabeto: categories
6-9 Years Old
Objective: Name a word that fits a Category!
How to play:
Works with 1-12 Players
Play with just the Category Cards
The Dealer of the game reveals the Letter card and the players race to be the first to think of a word that starts with the Category revealed.
Alternatively, rather than having a race - each player can have a turn at naming a word that starts with the Category. The only rule being that you cannot copy another players answer
alfabeto: Mirror-Mode
Objective: Be the first player to use all your Category Cards!
How to play:
Works with 3-8 players
Play the game Alfabeto in reverse by placing the stack of Letter Cards in the middle of the table and dealing 6 Category Cards to each player.
Take turns flipping Letter Cards and being the first to shout a word that starts with the Letter flipped and fits a Category card in your hand.
The first player to use all Category Cards wins the round.
alfabeto: reversed
Objective: Be the first player to draw 6 Letter Cards!
How to play:
Works with 3-8 players
Each player is dealt 1 Letter Card.
Take turns revealing a Category Card and racing to be the first player to shout a word that fits a Category and starts with a Letter in your hand.
Draw an additional Letter Card each time you are the first player to come up with a word
The first player to collect 6 Letter Cards wins the game!