Foil (1968)

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Designer	Frederick A. Herschler
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Publisher	3M
Year Published	1968
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Unplayable in another language (1 voter) [poll]
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Family	3M Bookshelf Series 3M Gamettes
Primary Name	Foil
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Foil is a word card game in which players draw and discard letter cards until one player can make words using all the cards in his or her hand. All players then shuffle the letters of words they have made and then have five minutes to unscramble the words of their opponents. Players score for words they have made, opponents' words unscrambled, and for forming words that no opponent unscrambles.

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Foil

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3M Bookshelf Edition 1972

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3M Gamette Edition

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Year: 1970

Size: 6.50 x 5.50 x 1.00 inches

0.75 pounds

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3M Butter Box edition

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Year: 1969

Size: 6.38 x 3.00 x 3.75 inches

0.50 pounds

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3M Bookshelf edition

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Size: 11.80 x 8.40 x 2.25 inches

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Rules for Foil

Word version of the rules from the inside box lid of the 3M Bookshelf edition.

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Playsheet and Scoresheet (Excel) for 3M Foil

Two spreadsheets. Print out one scoresheet. Print out one playsheet for each player.

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Foil_card_checklist.pdf

Checklist for all the cards in a Foil deck

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English review - The Game Pile (bookshelf edition)	http://www.gamepile.com/details.php?id=10	2012-05-26
English review - The Game Pile (gamette edition)	http://www.gamepile.com/details.php?id=29	2012-05-26
English rules (1970)	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/979.pdf	2011-12-04
English rules (1973 edition)	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/978.pdf	2011-12-04
Dutch review on speldatabase.be (1973 edition)	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=978&zoekcri...	2011-12-04
Dutch review on speldatabase.be (1970 edition)	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=979&zoekcri...	2011-12-04
Corrected link: Aardwolf is now aboardgamesdatabase.com	http://www.aboardgamesdatabase.com/rules/foil/inde...	2006-09-02