Comments on: Kahiltna Glacier 2009 Scrabble Tournament

By: d3

d3 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:07:51 +0000

Sounds like Polly is no FOB !
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By: KatieC

KatieC — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:59:22 +0000

Yes, I second my husband’s suggestion of alternative language Scrabble. Just imagine the scoring potential of “shizzle” (only possible in Super Scrabble, which has 2 zees), were it placed on a triple word score with the h and a zee on a high letter score.

Also fun: couple-slang Scrabble, in which you and your spouse or partner are allowed to use the shorthand and nicknames you’ve folded into your vernacular. To spare Brad’s reputation, I won’t give examples.

GLAD YOU’RE HOME, Andrew, and hope to wipe the floor with your guys in a Scrabble game soon.

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:35:51 +0000

Andrew, you are cruel, making us wait for the trip report photos! Sounds like you guys did an amazing job. Congrats. Can’t believe you tented for 2 weeks waiting for that one day. You are either inhuman or had a generous doctor for the necessary meds. Or perhaps both?

By: Tony Z

Tony Z — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:13:28 +0000

What about travel battleship? Fun game ,but my daughter is learning to secretly move her ships around. It is just a secret to her!!

By: Brad Barlage

Brad Barlage — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:15:06 +0000

Speed Scrabble is the way. I also have a Scrabble shark wife who can beat me even if I take 9 letters and use the dictionary. Speed Scrabble evens out the playing field. Also playing in ebonics or spanglish are options for amusement if you are involving drinking or just plain really bored out of your skull.

By: dug

dug — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:03:18 +0000

scrabble, as designed, is a great “i’m stuck in a tent for two weeks” game, because the length of the game of the interminable delays while your cousin eddie takes 10 minutes to come up with “loser” isn’t a problem. cuz, you know, where ya gonna go?

but at my house we have revolutionized scrabble, making it a great “i’m not gonna wait for cousin eddie anymore” game. we call it speed scrabble.

throw away the board, you don’t need it anymore. put all the pieces face down in the middle. everybody take 6 pieces. someone say “go.”

now, everybody makes their OWN board, right in front of them. same rules, words go left to right, and top to bottom. when you have used up all six letters, say “done,” and everybody takes two more pieces.

repeat until all the pieces are gone. once they’re all gone, the first one to use up all their pieces says “done.” unused pieces count against you. add up your score, first across, then down. or, if you’re weird, first down, then across. high score wins.

you’ll never play scrabble the old way again. not even in a two week tent exile.