Acronymble is a board game published by Acronymwits in 1991 that involves making amusing acronyms. It was also the name of a game show spoof based on the game that aired on public access television in the 1990s.
Description
Acronymble is a game for 3–8 players that challenges players to move their token around a game board by creating acronyms (known as "noodles") from a random sequence of letters.
Television show
Brian May produced a game show spoof based on Acronymble that he hosted using the pseudonym "Mr. E. Nymwit." aired on Pittsfield Public Access Television and won the Massachusetts Cable Commission award for "Best Entertainment and Variety Show" in 1997.
Reception
Martha Cheney, in her book "How to Develop Your Child's Gifts and Talents in Vocabulary", commented, "There is no winner or loser, only lots of laughs and mental exercise."
Bernard de Koven, writing for Deep Fun, called it "most definitely a party game, and most assuredly a game that will make you laugh." de Koven also noted, "The rules are written with enough humor and playfulness to keep people from taking the rules too seriously – there are constant invitations to make up your own rules, suggestions like 'If a player doesn’t finish in time, don’t disqualify them (maybe drum your fingers or whistle a bit).'" de Koven concluded, "Whistle and drum we did. Laugh a lot we also did. Major FUN was most definitely had."