7.8 /10 1 Votes
4/5 PC Magazine Initial release date 25 August 2011 Publisher Ignition Entertainment Genres Word game, Strategy game | 7.5/10 GameSpot Mode(s) Single player Developer Denki Platform iOS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations BAFTA Games Award for Mobile & Handheld Similar Rocky and Bullwinkle, Quake Arena Arcade, Rainbow Islands: Towering, Monstermind, Roogoo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarrel is a video game developed by Denki and published by UTV Ignition Entertainment. It is a word-based strategy game, described as "Scrabble x Risk x Countdown." It was released for iOS devices on August 25, 2011 and on January 25, 2012 for Xbox Live Arcade.
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Gameplay
In Quarrel, the aim of the game is to take all the territory from the other players (up to four). To do this, the player 'invades' neighboring territory and then must make a higher-scoring word than his or her opponent. Opponents include Dwayne, Caprice, Biff, Troy, Damien, Malik, Rex, Helena, and Kali. Dwayne is the easiest and Kali is the hardest.
Scoring
As with other word games, letters have individual scores. These range from 1 to 15, and value is based on commonality in spoken-word communications rather than written-word communications.
Letter scores are as follows: