Perquackey
BGG rank
BGG #15,755
BGG rating
6.0

Perquackey

1956

Rules assistance for Perquackey

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

  • 2–6 players
  • 20 min
  • 7+
  • Complexity 1.6/5

For 2 players

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Perquackey is a board game released in 1956 for 2–6 players, 20 minutes per game, and ages 7 and up. It was designed by Robert E. Hollingsworth and Elbert K. Hollingsworth and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Spelling.

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About the game

Perquackey is the "other" three minute word game. You roll ten dice (thirteen if you have 2000 points) and must make words of three letters or more. You can only use a form of a word once, and are limited to five of any length. After the time is up, you score points for each word on your list, plus bonus points for filling consecutive groups (100 bonus points for five 3-letter words and five 4-letter words). The game is to 5000, but that's easy to do in three or four turns. You can only re-roll if you get no vowels, or all vowels. A good quick word game, and best in a small group. Perquackey is a word dice game.

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Publishers

  • Lakeside
  • Cardinal
  • Action GT
  • Hollingsworth Bros.

Questions and answers

Perquackey supports 2–6 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.