In Paperback players are elevated to the status of writers finishing their hit novels word by painful word. Forming words using your hand of cards earns cash to buy and add better letters to your deck, increasing your selection until you can spell words long or complex enough to afford the pricey wild cards, which also grant victory points. Some of the cards also grant special skills to bump up your income as you race to out-spell your opponents in a fantastic mash-up of deckbuilding and word-making. Or why not play the co-op variant and work together?