Advantages: Extra donuts, extra points, extra fun. Disadvantages: You may improve your spelling or Americanise it...
I love a good game of Scrabble. Being from a big family and being the quiet one who could never get a word in edgeways, Scrabble was a game I could win (along with Monopoly). It was my favourite and it always came out at Christmas.
Scrabble is a board game that has been played in homes around the world since it was created by Mr Alfred Mosher Butts (with a name like that I like him already) in 1938. It is quite an Institution in fact because not only is it sold in 121 countries and manufactured in 21 languages, you can aspire to become the National Scrabble Champion if you so wish. There is an Association of British Scrabble Players (www.absp.org.uk) if you really get into it where you can take part in competitions and leagues.
You are most likely to have played Scrabble at some point in your life but if this game has escaped you ...
Advantages: Good fun for the whole family Disadvantages: a lot of rules to remember
My kids are all fans or the Simpsons, so their granda bought them The Simpsons Scrabble game for christmas, needless to say they were delighted. (not sure of the price as it was a gift)
The game includes:
100 letter tiles,
4 racks
Tile storage bag
Playing board
Character cards
Score pad
Instructions
The board
The board is two sided with the regular scrabble on one side and Simpons scabble on the other side.
The regular side has all the usual premium squares on the usual places and the simpsons side has preimium squares that are all mixed up.
Premium letter square
If you land on a light blue square then this doubles the score of the letter which has landed on it, an orange square quadruples your letter score and a green square quintuples the letter score.
Premium word squares
This works in the nearly ...
Advantages: Compact, light, magnetic, built in scorer. Disadvantages: can be a bit fiddly
Brief history of Scrabble
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Scrabble was invented in 1931 by an American called Alfred Mosher Butts who originally called it Lexico.
Alfred tried getting the patent for Lexcio but was turned down, he was also turned down by a few games manufacturers.
It was not till he met James Brunot did scrabble make any headway.
copyright was granted on the 01/12/1948
Trademark was granted on the 16/12/1948
Scrabble still struggled over the next few years, until the owner of Macey's department store played Scrabble and liked it so decided to sell them in all their stores.
UK and Australia saw the arrival of Scrabble in 1953.
Mattel Inc the worlds largest toy and games company has owned Scrabble since 1994.
Scrabble is now sold in 121 countries in 29 different languages with more than 100million sets ...
oldwasp 09.01.2007
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Product details
EAN
5011363523476
Type
Electronic Game
Age
10 Years +
Manufacturer
Mattel
Manufacturer's product description
This is another edition of the world-famous popular word game for two to four players.The object of the game is to compete for the highest score by forming interlocking words in cross-word fashion on the Scrabble board using tiles displaying letters with various score values. Higher scores can be obtained by using the tiles in locations and combinations that make most use of the letter values and premium squares (eg: triple letter score, double word score, etc.) on the board.The manufacturers recommend that the game is suitable for people age 10 years upwards, which is more or less accurate though slightly younger children could play, especially if there is some measure of supervision.Contents: there is a moulded plastic travel case, 23x12x5 cm, which features a built-in playing board with a non-slip surface uniquely designed to hold the special tiles which fit securely on the board. There is no need for paper and pencil to score as there is an integral scoring device on the edge of the board for each player. All the contents can be safely and tidily stored away inside the moulded case. There are four storage racks which are specially designed to hold tiles in place during the playing of the game and which keep them hidden when they are packed away if play has to be interrupted. There are 100 tiles of various values, a cloth bag to hold the tiles and a rules leaflet which is explicit and easy to follow.This is an excellent, compact version of Scrabble which should give hours of pleasure when on the move. --Susan Naylor Wonderful wordsThe classic game of scrabble has been made portable so you can play when you want where you want! Clip the tiles on to the board, and your guaranteed they'll stay in place whether your relaxing by the pool or hiking up a mountain.You can stop and start the game as many times as you like, as the pieces stay in place even when the case is shut. See all
