How To Start . . .

• Choose who will play Down and who will play Across. Toss to decide who goes first.

• Press PLAY

The winner is the first player to complete a line of 5 tiles of the same colour in alphabetical order:

• Down must complete a vertical line, from top to bottom.

• Across must complete a horizontal line, from left to right.

 

How To Play . . .

The players take it in turns to move by placing a letter tile into a blank space:

• above, or to the left of, the letter which follows it in the alphabet

or

• below, or to the right of, the letter which precedes it in the alphabet:

 

Note that, as the first and last letters, A can follow Y :

Just let the colours guide you.

 

The Slide Move . . .

When you have created an alphabetical sequence of 2 or more tiles in your own direction of play (Down or Across), on your next turn you may slide 2 or more of those tiles into any empty adjacent
space(s); up, down, left or right.
To complete your turn you must then move any single tile in the normal way.

• You are allowed to slide tiles of different colours providing the letters are in alphabetical order, eg:

• You are not allowed to make two slides within the same turn or to slide after moving a single tile.

• Down can only slide a vertical sequence of tiles
• Across can only slide a horizontal sequence.

 

And the Mini-Harlequins . . . ?

Their job is to help you win!

When you have completed your turn drag a Harlequin onto each of the tiles which you have moved (including those involved in a Slide Move).
Your opponent is not allowed to move these tiles in his, or her, next turn.

• Down plays with the Silver Harlequins.

• Across plays with the Black Harlequins.

 

Click for 1 Minute Demo . . .

 

These Are Your Winning Lines . . .