randyhersom Posted August 13, 2003 Report Posted August 13, 2003 I've qualifed for a couple of big invitational Scrabble tournaments recently. This weekend, August 16-18 is Scrabble All-Stars 2003. It will be shown as a one hour program on ESPN later this fall. October 21-24 is the World Scrabble Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Both will be covered at www.scrabbleassociation.com . Any other Scrabble ® players out there? Randy Hersom Quote
catesta Posted August 13, 2003 Report Posted August 13, 2003 I'll start off with "babushka" What a surprise. Quote
Jim R Posted August 14, 2003 Report Posted August 14, 2003 I've always enjoyed Scrabble ®, as well as other words games, like Boggle ®. I grew up playing Scrabble on the old flat (folding) board. When I started dating my wife, she and I and her mom used to play on their deluxe board (rotating; and with indentations for the pieces so they wouldn't slide around if somebody bumped the board ). In tournaments, is there any way to even out the luck of the draw (of letters)? Just curious. Anyway, best of luck! Quote
Guest GregM Posted August 14, 2003 Report Posted August 14, 2003 In the words of Adrock: "I'm the king of boggle. There is none higher. I got eleven points off the word 'quagmire'." Quote
randyhersom Posted August 14, 2003 Author Report Posted August 14, 2003 Jim R - on the tournament scene, the way to even out the luck of the draw is to play enough games. It's not 100% effective, but in longer tournaments skill and word knowledge will rise to the top a large majority of the time. There is a variant called duplicate scrabble, popular in French language play, where everybody tries to find the highest score with the same letters. The highest scoring play gets made and letters are drawn to fill out the rack and shown to all. It's a very different game, and less strategic than one on one Scrabble. The luck is evened out, but it's not nearly as popular in the US. Boggle is a very common side event after hours at Scrabble tournaments. I'm good because I know a lot of words, but I have seen some jaw droppingly great Bogglers that I'm very lucky to steal an occasional round against. Thanks to all for the best wishes. Randy Hersom Quote
alankin Posted August 15, 2003 Report Posted August 15, 2003 My 8 1/2 year old daughter put down "abrogate" the last time she played. Quote
bluenoter Posted August 16, 2003 Report Posted August 16, 2003 My 8 1/2 year old daughter put down "abrogate" the last time she played. Wow! I was a verbally precocious kid, but nothing like that! Quote
alankin Posted August 17, 2003 Report Posted August 17, 2003 My 8 1/2 year old daughter put down "abrogate" the last time she played. Wow! I was a verbally precocious kid, but nothing like that! Well, I don't think she knows what it means (hell, barely do!), but I think she somehow guessed that it formed a word. Quote
randyhersom Posted August 20, 2003 Author Report Posted August 20, 2003 Matt Hopkins would love to have her visit the Philly club. Maybe her school can get involved in the School Scrabble championships next time around. We've had children as young as ten participate in sanctioned tournaments playing against adults. If you're interested I'll get you Matt's e-mail address. Quote
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