"One million words and hours of fun in your pocket."
– Rio Gladchun , Newport, RI
Challenge yourself.
Our "sardine can" One Up!, like all of our games, is guaranteed to ruin any vacation or holiday (especially birthdays), and to turn your family and friends into "greedy, self-serving punks," if they all aren't already.
Perfect for dads and grads, and moms too. Wedding swag-bags. Housewarming gift. Camping trips. Summer vacation. Cruises.
The daughter of the Mother of all Word Games for only $9.99!
What are you waiting for, Christmas?
You might also like to supersize your fun:
Shop the full-size version of One Up! – The Wicked/Smart Word Game.
How to play.
One Up! takes a nimble mind, as everyone tries to be the first person to make a word from the tiles that are face-down in the center. Take turns flipping one tile over at a time: first an "A", then an "R" and then a "T". Shout it out, and don't be shy–"ART!" Keep turning over tiles one at a time, in turn, until another word of three or more letters can be made.
Where our hero, Johnny Mustard, takes you on a quick tour:
Stealing is the name of the game.
But wait a sec! The game has a cool, cutthroat twist: any player's words can be stolen by anyone else by simply adding a letter. If an "M" is turned over, and since you already have the word "ART", I can call out "MART" and take it from you. It's my word now, so pound sand. But anyone can snatch it back if an "S" is flipped over and they yell out "SMART." Damn! Everyone continues calling out new words as the letters are flipped over. And remember, all words are in play at all times. The player with the most words wins.
One Up! is wicked easy. And wicked hard.
No board. No complicated rules. No mercy–just wicked/smart cheap thrills for everyone: hand-to-hand combat that's guaranteed to quickly ruin any family lock-down or quarantine. Games only take about a half hour or so, and gets terrifically competitive real quick–you won't want to win as much as you'll want to steal everyone else's words. As well as crush their will to live.
What One Up! comes with:
• 101 custom-made plastic-laminate letter tiles.
• The wild "uppity" tile that can be used as any letter.
• Concise and easy-to-read instruction sheet.
• Classy and perfectly-portable metal "sardine can."
• One million words and worlds of fun in your pocket
Don't stay home without it.
You can take One Up! anywhere you want to go: beach, mountains, grandma's, or even The Ritz in Paris if you'd like. Better yet, One Up! is a totally-original, fast, and effective antidote to the cooped-up, Corona Virus blues. Seriously, why not try some intellectual distancing this time of year instead?
*Continental U.S. only.