| Perquackey | |
| Image Link: | File:Perquackey.jpg |
| Designer: | Hollingsworth Bros. |
| Publisher: | Cardinal Games Long Island City, New York |
| Players: | 2 or more |
| Ages: | 7 and up |
| Setup Time: | Brief |
| Playing Time: | Short |
| Random Chance: | Medium |
| Skills: | Spelling Word creation from random letters |
| Footnotes: | 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, United States. 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]
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 (2,000 points in some versions), 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.
The dice are labeled as follows: