Perquackey

Designers	Hollingsworth Bros.
Publishers	Cardinal Games Long Island City, NY
Publication	1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Players	2 or more
Setup time	Brief
Playing time	Short
Chance	Medium
Age range	7 and up
Skills	Spelling Word creation from random letters
Includes: shaker cup, 10 black dice, 3 red dice, timer, instructions

Perquackey is a word game played with dice, produced by Cardinal Industries, Inc. of Long Island City, New York. It was previously produced by Lakeside Toys, a division of Lakeside Industries, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota,^[1][2] and originally by The Shreve Company of Los Angeles, California. It is similar to the 1956 game Spill & Spell.^[3]

Gameplay

The game is played with 10 black-lettered dice and three red-lettered dice.

Each player, initially, rolls the 10 black-lettered dice. The player must rearrange them into as many words as possible within a certain time while reusing the letters repeatedly. Points are scored according to the length of each word and the number of words made. Once a player reaches 2,500 points, all 13 dice are used; all words must now contain at least four letters. A player with at least 2,500 points is considered vulnerable; at least 500 points must be scored in a turn, or 500 points are deducted from their score.

The first player to reach 5,000 points is the winner.

Distribution

The dice are labeled as follows:

• Black dice:
  • A,A,A,E,E,E (2)
  • B,H,I,K,R,T
  • F,H,I,R,S,U
  • G,I,M,R,S,U
  • E,J,Q,V,X,Z
  • F,I,N,P,T,U
  • C,M,O,O,P,W
  • D,L,N,O,R,T
  • B,L,O,O,W,Y
• Red dice (classic):
  • Q,S,S,V,W,Y
  • B,F,H,L,N,P
  • C,D,G,J,K,M
• Red dice (post-2004?):
  • B,F,P,Q,S,Y
  • C,D,G,J,K,M
  • H,L,N,S,V,W

Reviews

• The Playboy Winner's Guide to Board Games^[4]