If you have never played, you have a treat in store. Abraham Nathanson and his family invented the game in 2006 and since then it has taken off in terms of popularity. There is even an online version where you can earn Banana Chips. When you and your fellow players sit down you will have all of the 144 tiles in a "bunch" in the middle of the table. If there are two to four players, then take twenty-one tiles, five to six players, take fifteen tiles and seven to eight players, take eleven tiles. After everyone has selected his/he tiles, someone says, "Split". and the fun begins. You work independently to make a grid of connected words. The person who finishes his/her grid first, yells, "Peel" and everyone takes an additional tile. This adding of a tile continues until the bunch is gone. At any time in the play, an individual can put a tile back, say, "Dump", and take three new tiles. This helps the player who is stuck with a Q and no U. The player who first uses all of his/her tiles in a connected grid after the bunch is gone, yells, "Bananas!" This person is the winner if all of his/her words pass muster in the Webster dictionary of choice.
Go play! You'll enjoy yourself.
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