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A word game that can be played with a blank piece of paper and a pen. Like Scrabble, but it doesn’t take three hours and a big board.

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What do I need?

Three steps.

  • Read the playful rules.
  • Grab some pens or pencils.
  • Grab a blank piece of paper and fold it in half six times. (Or any other number, depending on how long you want the game to last.)

You can start completely blank. Or you can use the generator below to get a nice random starting setup!

Board

Pick your desired settings and press the button! (A new page will open.) When in doubt, just use the defaults for your first game(s).

Turns the material mostly grayscale. If you want to print this PDF and directly play on that. Walls are useful on small boards to allow more words.

Expansions

(Click to fold.)

Not working? Or unsure what to do? The "Download" button above has PDFs I already made for you! Pick any one of those.

That's not a word!

Having discussions about whether something is a word? Use my dictionary as your judge.

It only contains more common or popular words. Using it will solve this issue for groups endlessly debating what is a valid word!

Hire me

Are you a games publisher? I'm always open to inquiries about publishing one of my games.

Need a special board game or video game? Maybe for a birthday, school or another purpose?

Contact me! You can ask me anything—I don't bite! In fact, I've never bitten anyone.

If unsure, visit my portfolio to learn more about my work. You can also contact me through there, as I'm a registered freelance artist in the Netherlands.

Support

Enjoyed my work (or not)? Let me know what you think! Mail me at [email protected] with any feedback.

That's already a great way to support me.

Alternatives would be to buy my paid work (a win-win situation!). Or to donate through the most popular channels.

Credits

Check out the main project page at Keebble Games for the credits and more information.

This was the very first Keebble game. The original, if you want. In fact, this only turned into a project (with multiple games) later.

This is no replacement for Scrabble, of course not. But it’s close in theme and feel, while only requiring a single empty paper (or a printed one with random setup, if you want) and playing much faster. Travel Scrabble, perhaps.

Trying to develop such a unique experience taught me a lot about game design and gave me the ideas for the other versions, which have deeper gameplay and are more “traditional” games.