What is Parlay? How do you play it?
Parlay is a card game that takes the best aspects of word games and poker and combines them together into a game that's easy to learn and hard to stop playing! In a nutshell, game-play is all about trying to build a high scoring word AND a winning poker hand with your cards. In every hand you can exchange cards, bluff, and risk your points for a shot at bonuses, so there's always lots of interesting decisions.

What if I don't have poker prowess or a voluminous vocabulary?
Well, you're in luck because you don't need either to play and win Parlay! If you can spell the word "BOX". . .you're good to go, and you don't even need to remember the poker hand ranks because Parlay comes with a handy cheat sheet.

Is Parlay similar to other word games like Scrabble?
Parlay does involve making words, but has the fast pace, suspense, and variety of poker. Everyone plays at the same time without a long time between turns, and there's lots of ways to deal Parlay so each hand has a different flavor. Parlay also has a 'word bluffing' element where players try to get away with made up words, or play valid obscure words to trick opponents into incorrectly calling their bluff. Word bluffing is a guaranteed source of laughs!

But is it fun?
It's a blast! But heck, don't take our word for it (no pun intended) - just check out what the critics and gamers are saying about Parlay on our Review Page

For answers to more frequently asked questions about Parlay, please see our Parlay FAQ.

You can also view a Demo Hand of Parlay, to see exactly how it plays.