This is a short word game. There are 118 cards and instructions. The object is to combine all of the cards in your hand into words. There are eight rounds in the game. Each player starts with 3 cards and progresses up to 10 cards per hand. You draw and discard until someone has combined their entire hand into words using two or more cards per word. It's fast-paced because you can use every-day words. Quiddler is challenging for children and adults to play together.