Bali
BGG rank
BGG #11,679
BGG rating
6.5

Bali

1954

Rules assistance for Bali

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 1–4 players
  • 30 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 1.8/5

For 1 player

Rules assistant for Bali

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Bali is a board game released in 1954 for 1–4 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. Its main mechanics are Spelling, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Melding and Splaying.

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About the game

This word game includes some aspects of a solitaire card game. Briefly, starting with seven columns each, on a player's turn, he may move several columns to the tail end of one existing column so as to form a new word (or the beginning of one). The openings thus created are filled with newly drawn cards. You score the words you built based on the consonants' values and the length of the word (multiply the consonants' total by the number of cards). Completed words may be retired to score. If you manage to end the game with all your letters being part of complete words, you've Balied the game and your score doubles (triples in the Aladdin edition).

Publishers

  • Milton Bradley
  • Spear's Games
  • Selchow & Righter
  • MB Spellen
  • MB Spiele
  • MB Jeux
  • The Avalon Hill Game Co
  • Aladdin

Questions and answers

Bali supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.